PHIL 242 Lecture Notes - Gayle Rubin, Incest Taboo, Exogamy
17 Mar 2014
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In particular, we"ll be looking at various versions of the idea that sexism is built into the structure of society (or societies) In both the large scale: the way wealth and power are organized ( political economy") and how sexism/oppression may be linked with that. And the small-scale: the family and the way it shapes individual people and how sexism/oppression may be linked with that. Providing an explanation of oppression is important because it will determine . What it will involve, if it is. One part of the challenge: to explain both the universality (or near- universality) and the variety of sexual oppression. Every culture needs some way to get food into people"s mouths . But there is enormous variety in how many meals people can and should have, who prepares it, how they eat it, and even in what counts as food.
