POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Participatory Democracy, Socialist Feminism, Friedrich Engels
20 Jun 2016
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Early theorists linked to liberal, marxist, and anarchist theories (e. g. mary wollstonecraft, First wave (1800s to 1940s): associated with suffrage movement and legal recognition. Rise of civil rights, anti-war, anti-nuclear movements. Women questioned their relegation to supportive status in some social movements. : anti-vietnam war, civil rights movement, gay liberation movement. Demanded equal status, representation, questioning of male hierarchy. Women saw special status as women in other movements: traditional roles, values gave them special expertise in care, mediation. Women"s involvement in social movements led to the creation of a women"s liberation movement . The personal is political - expansion of the concept of the political. Critique of patriarchy and other structures of domination. Implications of socialization for human nature- we could be different than we are. Politics should not be based on privileging any biological difference (sex, race, physical ability). No one is born inferior or born to servitude. Liberal feminism: focus on equality in law and political representation.
