SOC216H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bicycle Locker, Combined Dna Index System, Rape Shield Law
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After shoveling their vehicles out from under more than 60 centimeters of snow, some people are setting up lawn chairs, pylons and sawhorses to guard their spots from poachers. Today"s lecture: focus on historical periods in feminist thought. First wave, second wave, third wave: focus on different theoretical approaches to feminism. Women in the uk, europe, us, and canada, fought for the extension of the promise of liberal democratic rights to them: ex. Recognition as persons , voting, becoming property owners, etc. The formal equality of opportunity models did not yield immediate results in terms of women"s access to law. 1970 - royal commission on the status of women: to ensure equal opportunities for women. Focus on criminal law and violence against women, but also equal pay for work of equal value, maternity leave, day care, birth control, divorce law, access of women to managerial positions, part-time work and pensions.
