SOC365H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Socialist Feminism, Feminist Theory, Nuclear Family
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July 10: focus: understanding the relationship between gender, nation, citizenship and the state. Lynne haney: homeboys, babies, men in suits: the state and the reproduction of. State entered feminist theory largely through socialist feminism. Feminist state theory to include the micro apparatuses of state power. Dynamics of two institutional gender regimes and the distinct patterns of control and contestation that characterize them. The state is not a uniform structure that acts to impose a singular set of gender expectations on women. Conceptualize the state as a network of differentiated institutions, layered with conflicting and competing messages about gender. Main contribution of this feminist tradition is its theorizing on the relationship between production and reproduction. Connection enabled socialist feminists to see the state"s role in mediating gender relations of power. State was necessarily more than an intermediary of class conflicts. Because these systems of oppression were interconnected, the state simultaneously served the needs of capitalism and of patriarchy.
