Chapter 9: Feminist Theory

Question 1

What do all feminist theories have in common?

Answer 1

They are social theories for the people (Who have been marginalized)

Question 2

The relations of ruling:

Answer 2

refers to the power dynamics and social hierarchies that shape and maintain systems of domination and oppression. The term emphasizes the interconnectedness of power relations, social structures, and everyday practices in maintaining existing power structures.

a socially organized exercise of power that shapes (socializes) actions/lives through our daily life-long interactions with institutions
the exercise of power in shapings people’s actions. Are the abstract and organized relations of state, professions, corporations, academic discourse, mass media, ect.

Question 3

Doing Gender:

Answer 3

All people create & recreate gendered identities through constant interactions & gendered behaviours.

the ways in which individuals actively engage in and perform gender through their everyday actions, behaviors, and interactions. Rather than viewing gender as a fixed or inherent characteristic, “doing gender” highlights the social and dynamic nature of gender, emphasizing that it is continuously constructed and reinforced through social practices and interactions.

Question 4

Intersectionality:

Answer 4

Each of the disadvantages or types of social exclusion from dominant/mainstream society, often intersect/interact with one another.

highlights the interconnected nature of social identities and systems of oppression. Coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw in the late 1980s, intersectionality emphasizes that individuals’ experiences of privilege and oppression are shaped by the intersection of multiple social categories, such as race, gender, class, sexuality, ability, and more.