SOCIOL 2S06 Study Guide - Final Guide: Harriet Martineau, Marianne Weber, Social Inequality

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 2S06
• Professor: David Young

Document Summary

Feminist theory: wide-ranging system of ideas about social life and human experiences developed from a woman-centered perspective. Tries to describe the social world from the standpoint of women. Concerned about the struggle of women for political rights. Around the 1920s, women in many countries were given the right to vote. This was the endpoint to the first wave. The temporary decline of feminism: went into decline during 1920s-1960s - 2 reasons why it declined. New political rights: faced great difficulty in using their new rights to push for change. Social crises: various crises got in the way of pressing for change (ww1, great depression, Started using their political rights to push for change. See the emergence of the concept of gender in theory, see the rise of the women"s movement. Were trying to reestablish a feminist perspective in sociology. Third wave used to describe the ideas developed by women of diverse backgrounds.