WGS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Betty Friedan, Racialization, Rolex

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGS101
• Professor: Felice Lifshitz

Document Summary

The wave theory of feminist movement is problematic. There was no wave-places other than north america were also ghting for feminism but this theory ignores them. 7) according to pop culture, but she wrote a book where she pretended to be a college educated housewife - although she was a working woman. Hispanic people typically have a strong family unit - positive stereotype. Hispanics breed like rabbits - racist comment (13:40) Dominance of some males over other males (polygamy-aim to exploit other men, army) Quadripartite - dominance of some females over some males and some other females. Do not confuse patriarchy with capitalism and consumerism - not the cause of patriarchy. Brahmanical patriarchy - different version of patriarchy. Communist, confucian, theocratic (isis) are different forms of patriarchy. Is not a completely accurate image of how distorted the racist people think. I shop therefore i am is an allusion to descartes discourse on method i think therefore i.