GSWS 102 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Patriarchy, Feminism, Suffrage
12 Oct 2018
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GSWS 102
MIDTERM EXAM
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Fall 2018
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Feminist Action – Lecture Notes
o Introduction to History of Feminist Action
o Feminism, a working definition:
o Establishment and protection of equal and equitable (note: two different
terms) social, political, economic, and cultural rights.
o Equality – wants to achieve a blanket of sameness
o Equity – wants to tailor to specific needs (i.e., women tend to be poorer
than men; women tend to commute longer than men; and women tend to
live longer than men).
o Goals of feminism:
o Opportunities for all women and girls.
o Safety from gendered and other violence.
o Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining,
establishing, and defending equal and equitable right for women.
o Feminism advocates for and supports the rights and equality of women.
o Feminism supports for all and is intersectional.
o Terminology
o Feminisms
o By the 1990’s, it was recognized that feminism was not ‘one thing’ but that a
range of feminist positions and theories exist.
o Some positions challenge the thinking of others.
o Distinctions and disagreements develop from what is believed to be the cause or
problem of women’s oppression and/or what is believed to be the best solution
to women’s oppression.
o Sexual difference or social structure? Role of religion? Integrated with
racism and other oppressions? Etc.
o Women
o There is NOT a single experience of being female. “women” varies by class,
racial, identity, ethnicity, history, skin colour, physical abilities, age, etc.
o Not limited to only those assigned female at birth.
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Tuesday, January 9, 2018
o Patriarchy
o Literal translation = ‘rule of fathers’.
o Historically, refers to the autocratic rule by the male head of the household.
o In modern times, patriarchy describes a social structure in which men dominate
as the primary authority figures with sole power to make decisions regarding
women, children, and property.
o Patriarchy today also refers to social and cultural dominance of men as a group
over women as a group.
o Hegemony
o Belief system imposed by the ruling class as a set of societal norms which are
then perceived as beneficial to the entire society. In reality, these norms are
beneficial only to the ruling class as they maintain the status quo.
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Document Summary
Etc: women, there is not a single experience of being female. Women varies by class, racial, identity, ethnicity, history, skin colour, physical abilities, age, etc: not limited to only those assigned female at birth. In reality, these norms are beneficial only to the ruling class as they maintain the status quo. Tuesday, january 9, 2018: intersectionality, study of the ways multiple types of oppression and/or discrimination work in concert, intersectionality is a tool or lens that we use to examine how various categories. Really: yet women-specific policies such as equal pay, maternity leave exist, feminist activism seeks to change how society is governed and organized, women"s issues : 3 forms and concerns, 1. Newer" category of feminist issues seeking to change society: 3. Policies which don"t explicitly mention women but due to social position and gender roles differentially affect women.
