CMN2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Janice Radway, The Feminine Mystique, Judith Butler
19 May 2017
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Double bind: you"re damned if you do damned if you don"t. Women can"t copy the managerial style of men because they are seen as bitchy but if they copy the managerial style of women, then they are seen as ineffective. This is because we"re used to seeing men in positions as power. Why do things seem natural or unnatural for certain genders. Phases of feminism: most important idea is that there are multiple feminisms. Economic, social, political inequality among the sexes. Media"s representation of the relationship between men and women tell us about social/ power relationships. Goal: to change practices that stem from systemic discrimination. First wave: women are challenging existing power structures, they are not just given over they are fought for, suffragettes. Second wave: challenges the idea that differences between men and women are biologically natural. Friedan: the feminine mystique criticise happy housewife heroine myth saying it stifled women"s ideas.
