SA 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Third-Wave Feminism, Second-Wave Feminism, The Beauty Myth
19 Nov 2013
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Video; perspectives of specific groups: highly educated individuals upper class, white presence, american focus. Solution: mentorship by high-powered women, more female leaders, class dimensions exist in the solution, women should go out and engage in the community. They are already doing that and are disproportionately receiving their share of unpaid labour. What causes unequal gender representations in the media: de-regulation, capitalism profit motive, objectify women will lead to more consumerism, unattainable body image is successful beauty industry continues to benefit. The beauty myth naomi wolf: ideology of domesticity was replaced by ideology of beauty. First wave feminism: connell; history of gender theorizing, concerned with economic issues (late 1800"s, focus on obtaining votes voting rights in 1919. 1969 - native american women were able to vote. Second wave feminism: early 1960"s, continued to challenge legal inequalities, issues of sexuality set up women"s shelters.
