WGS355H5 Chapter Notes -Radical Feminism, Genetic Engineering, Socialist Feminism
6 Nov 2013
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Feminist analyses of technology were shifting beyond the approach of women and technology" to examine the very processes whereby technology is developed and used, as well as those whereby gender is constituted. Pessimistic portrayal of women uniformly as victims of patriarchal technoscience. Women"s bodies and sexuality were the focus of radical feminism, socialist feminism concentrated on the machinery of production. Cyborg" a hybrid of organism and machine parts. Genetic engineering, reproductive technology and the advent of virtual reality are all seen as fundamentally challenging traditional notions of gender identity. As such, they mark a transformation in the relationship between women and technology.
