Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Catharine Mackinnon, Mary Wollstonecraft, Sex Strike
4 Jul 2013
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Eliminating the subordination of women: end men"s systematic domination of women. History of sexual inequality, injustice and domination. Aristophanes" lysistrata (411 bc: asserting women"s power, peloponnesian war, women did not have political power. Only way they could assert their power was with a sex strike. A vindication of the rights of woman (1792) Women and men are equals in possessing the capacity to reason. Women are oppressed by social institutions including education. Differences between men and women are artificial not natural. Changing institutions will end inequality: marriage, education. Overcome overt discrimination: law says no women are allowed in schools. Goal: equalize opportunities for women and men. Unlike liberal feminists, radical feminists: reject capitalism, emphasize difference, fought to get women the vote. Women are subject to their own internalized harmful attitudes and false beliefs: ex: women are emotional, men are rational. Male bias is setting the terms of the debate.
