FEM 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Benedict Anderson, Squaw, White Ribbon Campaign
14 Dec 2018
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The second wave of feminism began in the 1960"s and aimed to achieve work equality for women which it successfully achieved with the equal pay laws enacted in the us, uk etc. State church constructed as community-according to benedict anderson. Kim aderson native scholar looks at history of native pples. Stereotypes used to in past justify cultural genoside. State officials and the church in charge of removing the indian out of the child. Early europian to canada shocked by gender equality of aboriginal women in their communities. Early europians saw that they must destroy this gender equality. Indigenous woman had more land writes, polygamy and divorse was allowed. In past women were valued and upheld for there abilities to have children. 1. earlu colonial period-native women were seen as great, indian queens, exotic. 2. as colonialism takes root, colonials try to take claim of land. As land is claimed-indian queen became indian princes, and more accessible to the white man.
