Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Masculinity, Structural Violence, Connel
16 Dec 2017
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Cynthia enloe (goal was to render the role of women visible in bananas, beaches and bases), spike peterson, Anne runyan, sandra whitworth, cynthia weber, christine sylvester: multiple schools of feminism (just like realism, marxism, etc. ) Liberal feminists: women"s subordination, make the visibility of women greater in politics ( influence in practices, not academia ) participation in "public" life economic inequality to be redressed representation in institutions. Caprioli & boyer: increase gender inequality = increased violence and war probability (mainstream ir approach: marxist feminists interested in, women"s situation under capitalism. The claim that women are responsible for production & reproduction: unpaid work/family labour (private power of men, women as property) & double-day Radical feminists: redressing patriarchy as a system of male-/masculine-domination. Critical (historical materialist) feminists: nexus: materials x ideas x institutions -> whitworth. Chin: malaysia > exploitation of foreign (filipina & indonesian) domestic workers to uphold.
