WGST 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter Course Pack Readings, Pages 1-31: Harriet Taylor Mill, John Stuart Mill, United Nations Human Rights Committee
3 Feb 2018
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An introduction to three theories about women"s oppression and social change. Shana l. calixte, jennifer l. johnson, and maki motapanyane. Simply put, feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. Begins with the premise that women"s and men"s positions in society are the result of social, not natural or biological, factors (andersen, 1997: 8). Analysis of systems of power in society and indicate how the unequal distribution of this power shapes the lives of men and women. Theory and practice are meaningless without each other. Recognize that different women have come to understand gender inequality and women"s oppression differently. Liberal, socialist, and radical feminist theory have in common a commitment to redefin- ing the relationship of sex to gender and to making a visible relations of power between women and men. Not necessarily determine one"s gender identity (masculine/feminine) and the social sta- tus, behaviours, and opportunities ascribed to each gender.
