CRJ 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Marxist Feminism, Human Reproduction, Radical Feminism

• School: ASU
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJ 305
• Professor: Amanda Lindsay

Document Summary

Represents a number of perspectives that place women and the concerns of women at their center. Works from the premise that the legal system and the criminal justice system operate under class, race, and gender biases. There are many feminist perspectives; each is linked to different assumptions about causes of ge(cid:374)de(cid:396) i(cid:374)e(cid:395)ualit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s opp(cid:396)essio(cid:374) Addresses changing roles in society (crime as the domain of men) Seen as mainstream for two reasons: adheres to basic democratic principles of liberalism, chooses to work within established political and legal structure. 3 roots of oppression: lack of civil rights and educational opportunities, government intrusion into private lives (focusing on reproductive processes, how sexual roles make women subservient to men. Adopts a conflict perspective: argues that society is not structured so that everyone has equal right and opportunities. Critical view of structure of capitalist society. Power relations grow out of human reproduction; the natural reproductive difference between.