POL208Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Scientific Method, Gender Mainstreaming, Relativism
15 Sep 2017
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Feminis t theories: most important reason to have separate views is in relation to politics is because most of the time, it impacts women differently than men. The degree to which to the impact has a sexual nature to it. Men are likely to engage in violence within domestic and international affairs. Men are more likely to find a more violent way to resolve issues. Women more likely to use non-violent methods to resolve issues. It is then reinforced by socialization and produces the ultimate behaviour to find non-violent solutions more women leaders = less confrontational politics: there was a time when this essentialist understanding was an important part of feminism. 100 years ago essentialists were more important. They played a role in the suffrage movement. They engage in war and kill the neighboring groups. The male chimps are the ones who engage in the violence war.
