CMN2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Sut Jhally, Second-Wave Feminism, Janice Radway
31 Mar 2017
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Double-bind; when women act like men, they are scorned, and when they act like women they are also scorned for it. A masculine approach to leadership; bossy or bitchy, and a feminine approach to leadership; ineffective, too weak. Idea of a double edged sword, or damned if you do, damned if you don"t. Examines the sociological, political and economic inequalities between the sexes. In what year did canada hold its first election: 1867. Could women vote in this election: no. What year could women vote in canada: 1917/1919, who were british subjects, and held same status as men, were able to vote for their own families. What year were women warded right to vote in quebec provincial elections: 1940, first election following, was 1944. Women took their rights to run for public office, inherit property etc. Suffragettes as the poster-women for the movement: women who fought for their rights to vote.
