WS102 Lecture Notes - Bind, Radical Feminism, Marxist Feminism
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*women"s oppression is rooted in the structures (economic, political, geographical, historical, social, educational, emotional) of a given society, neighbourhood, and family. Oppression is not rooted in individual strengths, weaknesses, or abilities nor from individual"s choices and informed decisions, but rather from membership in a particular category. However, the cumulative effect is not the same. In fact, the things that men tend to be told men do not do end up being those very things that do not hold any elevated economic, political, socio- cultural or national value. *different feminist theories approach the question of the roots of women"s oppression. *liberal feminists would argue that women"s oppression is rooted in their lack of equal civil rights, equal political representation, and equal opportunities of education and employment. *marxist feminists concentrate primarily on capitalism as a male-dominated economic system which relies on an hence is responsible for maintaining women"s oppression.