Women's Studies 2164A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jeremy Bentham, Panopticon, Femininity

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2164A
• Professor: Samantha Brennan

Document Summary

Women studies lecture 3 fashion and feminism. What"s barbie: note the time period late 50s. What should feminists make of barbie? presentation: women allowed and encouraged to gave work roles but also the focus on roper feminine, louise collins talks about the pleasures and risks of barbie play for girls. Girls want a future job depending on the outfits that the doll came with. Play as practice for life: not all girls play with barbie the way she"s intended to be played with. It"s possible to play with barbie and not absorb all the messaging or become critical of it: but what"s the messaging in barbie play, feminist utopian thinking barbie invites girls to imagine a future beyond motherhood. More complicated feminist story: michel foucault and sandra bartky, women"s inequality rests in part on the amount of time and money women spend on our, we internalize the male gaze and judge ourselves.