WMST 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Complex Analysis, Feminism, Intersectionality

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Women and Gender Studies
• Course: WMST 200
• Professor: Rachel Lewis

Document Summary

Theorizing di erences from multiracial feminism the dominant voice in feminism is white middle class women since the sixties women of color took issues with unitary theories of gender because of the exclusive nature of it. Widespread concern about the exclusion of women from feminist scholarship and misinterpretation of our experiences out of the very discourse denying permitting and producting di erence. Tension in contemporary di erence feminism gender skepticism: the subject of feminist politics to the extent that it is assumed to be representative of womankind is a paradigmatic gender identity in which all women are united. Distinguishing features: gender is constructed by a range of interlocking inequalities matrix of domination, it emphasizes :di erent forms of privilege and subordination throughout social order. Women and men both a ected: power is a cornerstone of women"s audiences which is connected in systematic ways. Race is a key element: it explores interplay of social structure and women"s agency.