SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Feminist Legal Theory, Critical Legal Studies, Liberal Feminism
11 Feb 2018
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Lecture #14 - feminist legal theories & rights. A group of political and social philosophers concerned with the experiences & status of women. Especially social, political, and economic gender-based inequality. Seek to expose & oppose the structures of discrimination & oppression of women in society. Roots in struggles for women"s suffrage (right to vote) (1st wave) 1960s civil rights movement: women"s liberation (2nd wave) 1990s - present: critical feminisms (ex: post-colonial) (3rd wave) Draws our attention to opposing pairs in classical liberal thought: Law is male: that is (supposedly), objective, rational, & principled. Concerned with revealing and combating gendered structures of discrimination. This difference is rooted in their biologies. Rights and responsibilities of men and women ought to be different in light of this. 1884: married women gain right to own property. 1918: women gain vote in canada (1940: women gain provincial vote in quebec) 1951: first laws passed requiring equal pay for equal work.
