Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Catharine Mackinnon, Amartya Sen, Mary Wollstonecraft
28 Dec 2017
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Poli sci lecture #20: feminism and black liberation. Feminism: eliminating the subordination of women, moral equality of men and women. Nov 26: history of sexual inequality, injustice, and domination (e. g. seneca falls, group of women who got together and wrote down declaration of. Mary wollstonecraft 1759-1797: feminism 1, a vindication of the rights of woman (1792), equal reason and equal capacity to reason means equal moral worth. Liberal feminism: overcome overt discrimination, discrimination against women, from marriage, legal rights, education etc, change laws and institutions for equality, goal: equalize opportunities for women and men. Women get the vote: 1893: new zealand, 1902: australia, 1906: finland, 1917: canada, 1918: uk, 1920: usa, 1944: france, 1971: switzerland, 2005: kuwait. Proportion of women in the lower house: 25% in canada. Radical feminism: 1: overcome sexist attitudes and beliefs, more about internal obstacles, discriminated against because of attitudes and beliefs, women are subject to their own internalized harmful attitudes and false.
