WS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Class Discrimination, Ageism, Ableism
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Live in world enforcing hetero sexual relations but your sexuality can change over time. How does our race sec class age ability sexual orientation shape our lives. What does it mean to be a woman without breasts- had breast cancer and eventually died. (cid:373)ai(cid:374)st(cid:396)ea(cid:373) (cid:449)hite fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)is(cid:373) (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t looki(cid:374)g i(cid:374)to (cid:272)olou(cid:396)ed (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)is(cid:373)- (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t feeli(cid:374)g like she was being heard- there are divisions between groups of women that are being ignored. Mainstream fem- white, straight, higher class etc, second wave fem were typically not people of colour, different sexual orientation, lgbtq community etc. Those whose voices are heard the most are primarily white, of a certain economic and social (cid:272)lass, a(cid:271)le (cid:271)odied, (cid:862)st(cid:396)aight(cid:863) Failed to take into account the lives, experiences and oppressions of women who were not like the(cid:373)(cid:863) Feminism was being hypocritical, it sometimes reinforced the oppressions of others in its st(cid:396)uggle fo(cid:396) (cid:862)e(cid:395)ualit(cid:455)(cid:863)
