WS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gender Studies, Intersectionality, Viola Desmond
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Notes: feminism wave #2 issues included sexuality, reproduction, economic, and political equality. Kimberl crenshaw coined the term intersectionality . Women too can be sexist and uphold sexist thinking. A movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression . To rid the feminist movement of hypocrisy women must confront the ways they play a part in the oppression of other women through race, class, sex, etc. Reformist thinkers like the liberal feminists vs. Feminist history (60"s and 70"s which invigorated feminism) Viola desmond women of colour refused to give up her white designated seat in a movie theatre was a way to stand up against the socially sanctioned racial exclusion in. The indian act (1876) resulted in many women and their subsequent generations losing indian status because of marrying a non-indian with this, they lose their rights to land and be involved whatsoever in their communities (pg. 27) getting status back favoured male line heredity.
