POLS 2375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Phyllis Schlafly, Beverly Lahaye, Sarah Palin
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Why does an assessment of conservative feminism matter: conservative women activists have rarely embraced the term feminism, then in 2009, sarah. Definitions: conservatism: usually protestant evangelicals in the us who lobby for policies that prohibit abortion, same sex marriage, and porn and promote prayer in public schools and a well-funded. Believe in the biological based differences between men and women: feminism: add ambiguities over meaning of feminism and it"s goals by arguing that their feminism is the most appealing to women. Conservative women in context: national association opposed to women"s suffrage and stop era organized to oppose the. Phyllis schafly forms the eagle forum in 1972. Women for america is founded by beverly lahaye: their goals have been to undermine and demonize feminism while bringing female-friendly faces to conservative causes. How do conservative women conceptualize conservative feminism: certainty: women express explicity antifeminist sentiment such as phylis schafly.