WGS101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mary Wollstonecraft, Marxist Feminism, Bell Hooks
17 May 2017
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What does theory have to do with me: bell hooks talks about the oppression and practices that she became aware of within the context of her own family and even in the larger community (racism and patriarchy) Guided by the principles of the enlightenment period (reliance on nationality) Everybody should be free and everyone should have freedom of choice and there should be equality among us (many people were excluded from certain privileges and freedom) Women were viewed a property, they were controlled by men. Argued that woman are capable of rational thought as much as men are. Women should be included in all levels of society and have equal rights. Radical feminism: focused on misogyny (the hatred of women and girls based on their gender, problem wasn"t just discrimination, but also male domination, a lot of radical feminists were very concerned about what it was about communities.
