Women's Studies 3316F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Indigenous Feminism, Iroquois, Essentialism

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 3316F/G
• Professor: T B A

Document Summary

Exclusionary to where feminism actually derived from. Could have branched more into womanism and anyone on the gendered spectrum. Politically correct - feminism is a very political issues and when you add the correctness you don"t get the full spectrum. Revert to the term feminism as a loose collection of individuals -accurate and is hard to pinpoint who a feminist is. Umbrella an things as feminist issues - who is she to say that these are feminist issues. You identify with feminism - when you parents might not believe in feminism then you are feminists yourself - saying these people aren"t doing work when equality is a human issue not just a women"s issue. Feminism is based on access to sufficient information - need to have a education to aspire to and get information on what it means o have an equal society.