WGS 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Double Bind, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Male Privilege

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Women’s and Gender Studies
• Course: WGS 301
• Professor: Robin Riley

Document Summary

A theory that advocates equality between men and women it is looked as a critique of power. History of american feminism in the united states. 1st wave (1890"s 1920"s) right to vote. It took women 72 years to have the right to vote. Equals rights amendment: era legal amendment calling for equal rights for genders (equal pay for equal work) Middle class white women wanted to work. Representation in terms of number of women being included in work or government: a place at the table. Argued that women all women shared a good essential nature. Critique of racism, classism and homophobia led to 3rd wave. 3rd wave (1990"s present) gender equality. Feminists appropriation of the term to refer to male privilege and male supremacy. Set of ideas that guide a culture: creates and maintains patriarchy, oppression, racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. A result of living with constricted choices. Private referring to the home and family: women"s domain.