WS100 Lecture Notes - Identity Politics, Third-Wave Feminism, Anti Feminism
Document Summary
Timing and history, arose out of 2nd wave feminism, especially the radical feminist mantra that the personal is the. 3rd wave feminism- began in late 1980s through the new century political : a reaction against- post feminism and anti feminist. Post feminism- idea that there is no need for feminism any more because women are more equal- Second wave feminists who have shifted to include third wave concerns third world women, lesbians and queer women, differently abled. Perhaps the third wave includes space for men to be feminists too. **criticism of first wave feminism- racist: third wave feminism= wave of difference, third wave feminists believe that men can be feminists too, and that motion will not move w/o support of men. In looking at individual lives, women discovered there were still significant oppressions experienced related to gender, but also often crossed with other issues like ethnicity. Difference is roots in the variety of identities any one person can hold.
