SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Liberal Feminism, Essentialism, Social Constructionism

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Reese Simpkins

Document Summary

Lecture: womens movement and shifting conception of equality. Waves: wave = way of discussing history, each wave = an intense activism and social change. Supreme court ruled women = not persons could not sit on the senate (1928) Privy council in great britain = women are people (1929) Liberalism = based on the idea of abstract rights. It will garuntee equality but wont specify the definition of equality or what it means. Constitution = agreement between state and citizens roles and responsibilities those living within the states territory. C(cid:396)itis(cid:373)s = (cid:373)issi(cid:374)g e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) (cid:396)ights = does(cid:374)"t add(cid:396)ess the issue of poverty = Civil and political rights for disadvantaged canadians (mcphedran, p 194) in order to exercise citizenship you need economic benefits . Liberal emphasis on property rights over poverty rights. Idea of equality limited: abstract, no economic rights. *two competing conceptions of equality: formal and substantive equality*