Political Science 3207F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Third-Wave Feminism, Transnational Feminism, Compulsory Sterilization
10 Jul 2019
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Second wave fam = few black women felt accepted so they started forming their own groups. When white women were fighting for abortion rights, poc were fighting for reproductive rights. Came to be because of conflicts w second wave fem. Questioning that you can have a feminism that fits everyone. Acknowledgement that there cannot be a fem for everyone. Women in different parts of the world experience different oppression. Wanted to bring in experiences of women who were not represented by second wave fem. How has modernization/globalization undermined women"s economic basis to exploit women. Examines social, political, economic conditions of imperialism and connections to colonialism and nationalism. Role of sexuality, gender, state, race, class in making and unmaking of nation and nation-state. Rejects "global sisterhood" but advocates of more productive and equitable social relations among women across borders and cultural context. Commitment to addressing asymmetric of the globalization process and racialized and gendered relations of rule of state.
