POLS 110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Indian Act, Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Consciousness Raising
1 Sep 2016
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Pols 110a week 11 feminism, anti-racism, anti-colonialism. Focus: suffrage and legal recognition early theorists linked feminism to marxist, liberal and. Changing social times with new movements: civil rights, anti-war, anti-nuclear counter-culture invention of the pill changing social mores. Relegation to social movements: women questioned supportive role in organising others saw their status as special in some movements based on traditional roles demand for equal treatment. Women"s liberation movements grew from exclusion in other social movements. Tenets: public ridicule as: man hating , bra burning . Expansion of what is political: the personal is the political . Politics should not be based in privilege: no one is born inferior or for servitude. All feminist concerns are affected by additional identities. Recognition that men also face oppression/discrimination based on identities. Liberal feminism: equality in law and political representation. Marxist feminism: exploitation should end by equal pay/treatment (end to the double work day) Radical feminism: oppression (violence) should be ended along with patriarchy.
