Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Catharine Mackinnon, Inter-Parliamentary Union, Mary Wollstonecraft
17 Dec 2017
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Eliminating the subordination of women (against inequality) Disagree to what should be done, what should/should not be done. To stop the sexual domination is systematic and institutional. Sex and gender: biology distinguished from culture. Traditional view is that politics is public; the family and personal relationships are private. Public man" dominates the state, education and the economy; private woman" restricted to home and family. Feminists claim that politics exists wherever there is power: state, economy, family. Aristophanes" lysistrata (411 bc): asserting women"s power where they were excluded. Women"s rights convention, seneca falls, new york, 1848: Household tyranny; denial of civil, political and economic rights (to university education, to vote, to earn a living); destruction of self-respect. 100 million women are missing in the world. If women were treated equally in world, there would be 100 million more. Unusually higher age-specific mortality rate of women (eastern asia) Denial of necessary nutrition and health care.
