[WS 235] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (32 pages long!)

• School: Quinnipiac University
• Department: Women Studies
• Course: WS 235
• Professor: Renee Tursi

Document Summary

Women came into the world pure, men need a woman in their lives. Separate spheres: different views and authority per gender. Men had medical issues, women had problems . Men refuse to believe that female works were not reliable. Lack of resistance to change rather than understanding. Social norms in society are seen as natural and are naturalized. Making a norm seems natural but could be destructive. Koldny generalizes men when it should generalize a society. Why have women understood men"s literature but men not understand a woman"s. Patriarchy: men are at head of society, especially in literature. Social separations between men and women (spheres) Americans feel the need to save everyone. Men may be the issue that cause women fear. What we see as oppression is not necesarrily that way. America is seen as a fit it country since wwi and wwii. Women were seen as empty beings because they did little work.