Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gender Analysis, Heteronormativity, Misogyny
6 Nov 2016
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Ir privilege: don"t bother to consider or deride/denigrate. What does feminist ir analyze: women/feminine= invisible or irrelevant. Employment: domestics, textile worker, secretarial staff, teachers. Expected to do for husband, family, state, society. Informal economy: sex work, agri sellers, house cleaning. Where should knowledge be drawn from: realists=states, marxists=workers, feminists= iterative margin. Method: who is the most marginalized in ir. Difference feminism: valorize the feminine= role as nurturers/ peacemakers, real difference between genders biologically or culturally determined. Vs. assumptions of masculinity: gender gap in politics, economics, ect. Determines material manifestations: state leaders, un priorities, market products. Influence gender global politics: gender ideas impact global institutions, home-work regulation: home- work global work regulation, global institution impact gender relations: un maternal health program family size and production. Ir events =meaning language power & knowledge men. Male experience ir= war, revolution, empires. Female experience male constructed: for her , protected. Western women: oppression of non-western women: oppressions=contextual particularities of women in the south, third.
