Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bell Hooks, Radical Women, Misogyny
14 Jul 2016
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Interdisciplinary academic field devoted to topics concerning women, gender, and feminism. Examines women"s status in society and seeks to improve the condition of women"s lives, both locally and globally. Women"s studies puts women at the center of our inquiries. Challenges traditional ideas regarding men as humans and woman as others . Involves study of gender as a central aspect of human existence. The doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men. An organized movement for the attainment of such rights for women. Women"s studies is associated with feminism as a way to understand self and society. Concerns the equality and justice for all women. Seeks to eliminate systems of inequality and injustice in all aspects of women"s lives. Works to provide a positive stance toward women and womanhood. Works to end oppression based on misogyny (hatred of women)
