W S 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Betty Friedan, Matriarchy, Dowry

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: W S 201
• Professor: Schaal Michele

Document Summary

Everything is gendered: dogs= male, cats=female, activities, domestic work, clothes and haircuts. Marriage = contractual= economic and political function. Separation of spheres = binary system: public/social/ political = male, private/ domestic= female and children, domesticity ideology. Romantic love = ultimate goal of females. Betty friedan: (cid:862)the pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) that has (cid:374)o (cid:374)a(cid:373)e(cid:863) (cid:894) (cid:1007)(cid:1006)(cid:895) Marriage contractual: producing (male) heirs and serving husbands. 1st (cid:449)a(cid:448)ers: legal rights= (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:271)etter"s (cid:373)others. 2nd wave radical feminists= reclaiming mother hood and pregnancy. Fatherhood= so(cid:272)ial, (cid:373)oral a(cid:374)d legal role; (cid:374)ot (cid:862)just(cid:863) (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al. O(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374)is(cid:373): (cid:272)o(cid:374)tradi(cid:272)tor(cid:455) (cid:862)pare(cid:374)tal roles(cid:863) (cid:894)marsiglio (cid:1012)(cid:1008)-85) Upper class: pass on wealth and name. Working/rural classes: help with work and income. Up until 18th century: not innocent but mini adults, corporeal punishment acceptable, books on ideal education and motherhood (not fathers) Respect: mutual (partners /spouses, childre(cid:374)"s spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272)ities. Titles = marks of gender and marital status.