SOC216H5 Lecture : Lecture 5
Document Summary
First wave, second wave, third wave: theoretical approach. Goal of feminists at that time were getting women recognized as political actors. Feminists recognized there are still limitations, aspects of law that lead to practices of inequality. 1970 royal commission on the status of women-focusing on equal opportunities, not just the law in the books, more complicated issues (rape law, example of rape left other issues what defines rape)-many these issues were clarified. Dealt with many different issues not just violence (equal paperwork and equal value, divorce law, birth control, maternity leave) Problem is we still see discrimination by law against women-saw it when they looked at law in action, started to look at police, caseworkers, judges (still held sexist viewpoints, many of them not all of them) Still sexist notions amongst those who were implementing the law. Questions about sexual history were restricted-but were still integrating her about her sexual history.
