SOC 608 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Betty Friedan, Lesbian Feminism, Socialist Feminism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 608
• Professor: Kelly Train

Document Summary

Feminist poststructuralism: postmodernism/poststructuralism, modernity"s k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es, language/discourse, gendering the subject, power, queering difference. National organization of women was a very good institution to support women. But the first radical feminists of the second wave that were controlling these organizations were all white privileged women who wanted male jobs. Gloria steinmen was also a white woman that listened and helped more women other than straight, white, and privileged. Betty freidan was the leader and founder of national organization of women and was horrified to find out that other women other than white privileged women to join the organization. They focused on how women are subordinate to men because of their free and domestic labour. Radical and socialist feminism started to be used interchangeably in the second wave of feminism because they only have a very slight difference between the two at the time.