POLS 2150 Lecture 3: Gender and politics – week 3 thurs

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2150
• Professor: Carol Dauda

Document Summary

Marxist theory, gender and power: (cid:862)the o(cid:448)erthro(cid:449) of (cid:373)other right (cid:449)as the (cid:449)orld historic defeat of the fe(cid:373)ale sex(cid:863) engels the family, private property and the state, mother right. Group marriage the business of clans and lineages li(cid:374)eage through (cid:373)other"s li(cid:374)e, held i(cid:374) high estee(cid:373) (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s status depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t or i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t: mother right overthrown lineage change instituted. Woman becomes instrument intermediate patriarchal family: classical greek household. Absolute power: private property: interitance compulsory. Competition for women: public character lost. In the embryo of the family slavery and serfdom. Monogamy was not the reconciliation of men and women but subjugation of one by the other. In greek times only hetaera (temple prostitutes) independent: two contradictions in marriage. Love found only in non-conjugal chivalrous love of middle ages. Marriage in bourgeois society: legal consent is the measure of equality in liberal, marriage contract. Effect of private property: marriage of convenience. Adultery: sex love can become the rule in proletariat marriage.