GWS 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Personal Identity, History Of Lesbianism In The United States

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Gender And Women's Studies
• Course: GWS 10
• Professor: Laura Fantone

Document Summary

1960s: white feminists are disconnected from women of color --- white women fail to realize the struggle of women minorities and other burdens carried by women. 1970s- personal is political location & identity- you can move and that can help alter the way your identity is perceived. Liberal feminism- gradually changing laws can change the patriarchy and make it more inclusive; not great at building alliances, just unite with people who agree with them and maintain integrity. Radical feminism- rebuilding all institutions, doesn"t support any of the political institutions in the us. Politics of identity: def: a political formation aiming to secure the political freedom of a specific constituency marginalized within its larger context. Members of that constituency assert or reclaim their distinctiveness that challenges dominant oppressive characterizations with the goal of greater self-determination. The way you were raised, your background, etc.