Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Black Nationalism, Consciousness Raising, Existence Precedes Essence
15 Apr 2016
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Aristophanes" lysistrata: a story of women asserting their power through a sex strike. **amartya sen talks about missing women (100 million fewer than one might expect) Expectation seems to be privileging men/boys over women through denial of necessary nutrition and health care (44 million women missing in china, 36 million in india) Wrote a vindication of the rights of woman in which she was enlightenment committed to reason and equality; women and men are equal in possessing the capacity to reason. Women are oppressed by social institutions (including education), we are fundamentally human beings not sexual beings. The differences between men and women are arti cial, not natural and therefore everyone has the right to achieve their capabilities. Changing institutions (ex: marriage, education, etc. ) and treating women like free, rational beings will end inequality. Feminism is about overcoming overt discrimination and achieving equality for the sexes. Changing the laws and institutions to provide equal opportunity.
