WS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Second-Wave Feminism, Roxane Gay, Third-Wave Feminism
Roxane Gay Ted Talk
Age of enlightenment 16 and 1700s - men’s rights → was only for white men
Liberal feminism - getting access to same rights as white men, must recognize rights were not
about equality, were about maintaining hierarchy of status
Chinese men recruited to build railways, but no women allowed
Class began to be considered
Second wave feminism - insisting structures in canada are shifted to allow women access to
work/right to divorce etc… → white women did all the speaking - not recognized that women of
colour/indigenous women lived different lives
INCLUDE THIS IN ESSAY - LOOK AT FLAWS OF SECOND WAVE
Third wave feminism (late 1980s ish) - race becomes critical, understanding intersectionality,
realize was reduced all to class, acknowledged sexual identity as well
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Document Summary
Age of enlightenment 16 and 1700s - men"s rights was only for white men. Liberal feminism - getting access to same rights as white men, must recognize rights were not about equality, were about maintaining hierarchy of status. Chinese men recruited to build railways, but no women allowed. Second wave feminism - insisting structures in canada are shifted to allow women access to work/right to divorce etc white women did all the speaking - not recognized that women of colour/indigenous women lived different lives. Include this in essay - look at flaws of second wave.
