RELS 161 Lecture : Eco feminism - Deep Ecology

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The way we think of the world is shaped by a certain agenda: our ideas have been shaped by males, served to strengthen the power of males. Feminism: criticizes inequality in all spheres, wholeness eliminates difference. Does not account for the variety of individuals as females: need to emphasize connections between each other. Easier to spot inequality: when everything is a whole we cannot see when certain people are getting privileged. Have to deconstruct mechanisms of power that profit from patriarchy. Men profit from patriarchy on two levels: socioeconomic level. Provide room for men to control nature. Men colonize nature because women to the work: symbolic and cultural level. Women associated with sex, emotion, material, nature. Allows men to conquer nature and women. Feminism rejects total answers: makes others easier to control. Active agenda: 3 waves of feminism movement. Questions about the foundations of our knowledge. Looks to explore in new ways that feminism can expand.

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