SOC275H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Postcolonial Feminism, Gender Binary, Betty Friedan
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Seeking social equality and critiquing structural forces of racism which resulted in an economic system based on racialized behaviour (cid:858)post(cid:373)oder(cid:374)(cid:859) fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)is(cid:373) Questioning and critically interrogating the gender binary itself. The main tension bw liberal radical politics persist today. Say that feminist challenges to patriarchy is the reason for certain inequalities in the world. Logi(cid:272): if (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ge patriar(cid:272)hy, that (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s they(cid:859)re taking away opportunities from men. In divorce n custody battle, judges often favour women. Fathers rights activists see this as feminist demands taking over the judicial system. Patriarchal demands of women as mothers influences the judicial system to choose women in custody battles. Encountering the european settlers resulted in the gender roles, taught them about the. Christian life and of male domination + female obedience. Productive entities where every fam member worked to survive. Men were landowners and heads of the household. Sold goods to the market, but the motive production was in the same space as.
