SOSC 1000 Chapter Notes -Socialist Feminism, Simone De Beauvoir, Friedrich Engels
28 Mar 2014
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The social construction/deconstruction of sex, gender, race, and class. The very institutions that are supposed to enforce equality, which include our legal and parliamentary systems, often serve in practice to perpetuate inequality. This is a fundamental contradiction in our society. pg. 1876 the indian act: making waves (1996, movements of particular groups were difficult as it would need to be recognized by the general public. Mary wollstonecraft: a vindication of the rights of woman . Women needed education: human can reason set us apart from other creatures. Classical liberals: state exists to protect civil liberties. Property rights, voting rights, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association: capitalism becomes the best economic system to realize their potential, society is viewed as a meritocracy. Those who work hard will gain more, as will the society: least government intervention the better. Herbert spencer: survival of the fittest.
