WMST 1000Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Student Activism, Marxist Feminism, Feminist Theory
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Nobody wanted to be feminist, but celebrities, are making the idea or calling themselves feminists are okay. Feminism de nes what you want it to be, complexed. Change is possible, we can change society in different mechanisms. What is feminism: reconization that women are subordinated, identifying to end subordination, jeeeica valenti"s and the directory de nition, 3 ways of feminism, feminism came long ago before theorization of feminism. Mary wollstonecraft 1792: vindication of the rights of women, helpless and attached to the home, not participants of society, society breeds gentle domestic brutes . John locke: 17h century, women as human beings, status given to women, women have power of children and family, women were not property of men, capable of assisting homes, they should be honoured and respected. First wave: the right to vote, temporings, slavery - anti slave organizations, moving past women true role, use ideas, give women more access not overstep male boundaries.