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Feminism Flashcards

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Define Patriachy

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A society dominated by men where women’s status is inferior

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4 type of feminism

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Liberal feminism
Socialist feminism
Radical feminism
Post modern feminism

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Give an example of a Liberal feminist

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Simone de Beauvoir
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Mary Wollstonecraft

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Give an example of a socialist feminist

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Shelia Rowbotham

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give an example of a radical feminist

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Kate Millett
Andrea Dworkin
German Greer

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How many waves of feminism

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4

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Dates for first wave feminism

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1790 - 1940s

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Dates for second wave feminism

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1960’s - 1980s

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Dates for third wave feminism

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1990s - early 2000s

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Dates for fourth wave feminism

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Post 2008

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What did Mary Wollstonecraft stand for

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Rights for women

Also key in the liberalism movement - MASSIVE crossover between the two

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Define Gender stereotype

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Men’s and women’s gender roles are predetermined by society so that they are socialised to behave in a certain way

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What is meant by equality of opportunity

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Everyone, regardless of their gender, should have the same life chances in society

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what were Simone de Beauvoir’s key thoughts

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Sex versus gender - gender roles have been assigned to women on the basis of their sex
Otherness - men are perceived as the “norm” and therefore women are deviants from this norm
Key text - The Second Sex 1940

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What were Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s key thoughts

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Sex and domestic economics go hand in hand
Societal Pressure
Key work - the yellow wallpaper 1892

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Define equality

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Women should have the same right to vote and protest as men

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Define Gender equality

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Men and women should be treated the same within society

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Define legal equality and what does this mean in the context of feminism

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Everybody should be treated the same in the eyes of the law

Context - women should have the same lawful rights as men

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Define Reformism and what does this mean in a feminist context

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Belief that society can be reformed.

Context - means that negative consequences of oppression can gradually alter until equality is achieved

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Define discrimination and set it in context

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Treating a group or individual less favourably than another

Context - women treated less favourably than men

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Define socialist feminism

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Economics leads to gender inequality and that capitalism causes patriachy

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Key ideas of Sheila Rowbotham

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Capitalism - woman are forced to sell their labour to survive and use their labour to support their family under the capitalism system
the family - not just an instrument for disciplining and subjecting women to capitalism but a place where men took refuge from alienation under a capitalist economy
Key Work - Woman’s Consciousness, Man’s World 1973

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Define public sphere

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the visible area of society where relationships are public such as in culture and civic life and in the workplace

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Define private sphere

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The area of society where relationships are seen as private. These relationships are less visible and centred on the home and domestic life

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What did Charlotte Bunch argue and what was her solution

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that heterosexual relationships are based on power

Lesbianism was a political choice

Solution - Abolish nuclear family

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What did Andrea Dworkin argue

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That pornography is symptomatic of men’s perception of women as sex objects

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What were Shulamith Firestone’s views and what was the solution

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Took Simone de Beauvoir’s ideas to next level.
Patriachy has always existed as women have been enslaved by men
solution - perfect society would eliminate gender distinctions and embrace androgyny
Also when technology allows men should be given wombs and have to carry children

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Key ideas of Kate Millett

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Family - undoing traditional family was the key to true sexual revolution
Portrayal of women in art and literature - patriarchal had produced writers and literary works that are degrading to women
Key work - Sexual Politics 1970

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What are the differences between liberal and radical feminism

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Liberal feminism is primarily concerned with reforming the public sphere os society by eradicating sexual discrimination so that men and women are treated equally.
Radical feminism is concerned with both the public sphere of society and the private sphere of the family in its analysis of patriachy
Radical feminists reject reform and prefer revolution to transform society
Radical feminism is not coherent in its solutions as it proposes a number of conflicting revolutionary societies

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What are the differences between socialist and radical feminism

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Radical feminism argues that patriarchal gender oppression is the main factor determining a woman’s fate whereas socialist feminism argues that women are also oppressed economically primarily by capitalism

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What are the differences between liberal and socialist feminists

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Liberal feminists believe that society can be reformed so that patriachy is eliminated.
Socialist feminists argue that economics as well as gender determine female oppression
Socialist feminists have differed in their solutions arguing that society should be reformed or revolutionised to tackle these intertwining factors

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What is the difference between post feminism and post modern feminism

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Post feminism argues that most of the battles of inequality have been won and that women need to move on
Postmodern feminism disagrees and agrees with intersectionality which challenges the notion that gender is the singular factor for determining female oppression
Post modern feminism would strong disagree with the post feminist argument that women have won most battles of inequality arguing that post feminism articulates on the narrow view of middle class women in western society
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Why is post modern feminism critical of the other branches of feminism

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Post modern feminism argues that other branches of feminism do not embrace the complexity of realists and that existence is too complicated for a woman’s fate to be determined by only one factor - ie gender
Likewise the very construct of a woman is simplistic as women are more than just their gender - class, race, age and religions all play a part in forming identity - this is why they embrace intersectionality

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Are post modern feminists the same as post feminists

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No

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Why has post feminism been criticised

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Because it examines feminism solely through a white, middle class framework that ignores the complexity of female experience that postmodern feminism explores

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What were bell hooks key thoughts

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Women of colour - she brought the cultural concerns of women of colour into the mainstream feminist movement
Intersectionality  - challenging the mainstream feminist movement’s focus which had previously been on white, college educated, middle/ upper class women 
Key work - Ain’t I a woman: black women and feminism 1981
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Define intersectionality

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Challenging the belief that gender is the singular most important factor in determining a woman’s experience
Woman have multiple overlapping intersecting identities, inc race/ class/ age/ religion
The view of a white middle class woman is v different to that of a working class black woman
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Key quote by liberal feminist

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One is not born but rather becomes a woman - S de Beauvoir

A house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband - C Perkins Gilman

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Key quote by socialist feminist

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Society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman’s natural fitness for the career of mother; the alternatives are all too expensive - S Rowbotham

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Key quote by a Radical feminist

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The complete destruction of traditional marriage and the nuclear family is the “revolutionary or utopian” goal of feminism - K Millett

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Key quote by postmodern feminist

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If responsible women want a feminist revolution … then we must assume responsibility for eliminating all the forces that divide women - b hooks

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Who is Natasha Walker

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Post modern feminist

2010 Women are facing new pressures of hypersexualisation

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Examples of Post modern feminist movements

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Feminist - nudity is empowering frequently making topless protests
Slutwalk - started after a police officer argued that women should “avoid dressing like sluts” if they didn’t want to be assaulted

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Who is Kira Cochrane

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4th wave post modern feminist.
Argues that technology is a source of misogyny and patriarchy via social media
Eg Diane Abbott mp got more abuse than any other MP in 2017 election
BUT also social media can be used to challenge sexism in the public sphere (Everyone’s invited/ Cancel culture)

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What is intersectionality and Give an example of intersectional values

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Women can be oppressed in multiple overlapping areas such as their gender, class, race, sexuality or disability
Transfeminism - shows how complicated defining sex and gender is

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Who is Kimberle Crenshaw

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Produced theory of intersectionality which challenged the notation that gender is the most important factor in understanding women’s lives

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What is equality feminism

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Argues for an elimination of cultural differences between the genders
Different branches of feminism have different ideas on how to achieve this

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Define Difference feminists

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Perceive women as biologically and culturally different. They argue that these differences need to be recognised and celebrated
This group of feminists in the minority and are unpopular as they argue that women have a natural pre determination to be more passive and caring than men

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Define essentialism

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The idea that biological factors determine the different characters and behaviours of men and women so that some behaviours are “natural” and not socially constructed

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Name a key feminist thinker associated with the idea that women are oppressed economically and culturally

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Shelia Rowbotham

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Name a key feminist thinker associated with the idea of gender stereotyping

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Name a key feminist thinker associated with the idea of otherness

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Simone de Beauvoir

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Name a key feminist thinker associated with the idea of family as a source of patriarchy

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Kate Millett

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Name a key feminist thinker associated with the idea that mainstream feminism excludes women of colour

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belle hooks

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Why is the distinction between sex and gender so important within feminism

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Most feminists are equality feminists
Arguing that physical biological differences of sex play no role in definitions innate gender characteristics
Instead the patriarchal nature of society influences gender traits
Postmodern feminists argue for intersectionality which challenges idea that gender is single most important factor
Difference feminists have challenged the idea that gender is a cultural phenomenon arguing that biological sex differences define innate gender characteristics

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What did Engels say about women in the workplace

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Often reduced to being a reserve army of labour (only called upon when needed - eg wartime)

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that all individuals should be treated the same in the eyes of the law

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Legal equality

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that women are biologically and culturally dissimilar

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Difference feminism

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that challenging the belief that gender is the most important factor in a woman’s experience

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Intersectionality

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that society is dominated by men

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Patriarchy

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Identify the key feminist term associated with a broad branch of feminism which argues that cultural differences between genders should be eliminated

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Equality feminism

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that a group or individual is treated less favourably

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Discriminiation

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that gender roles are predetermined by society

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Gender stereotypes

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that women are a spare workforce

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Reserve army of labour

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that society can be successfully modified

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Reformist

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Identify the key feminist term associated with the visible area of society

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Public sphere

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that women are treated as an inferior minority, different from and subordinate to men

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Otherness

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that all individuals should have the same life chances

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Equality of opportunity

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that biological factors determine different characteristics which are “natural”

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Essentialism

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that women should be allowed the same rights to vote and protest as men

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Political equality

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that women have distinct cultural characteristics

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Cultural feminism

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Identify the key feminist term associated with the often invisible area of society

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Private sphere

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Identify the key feminist term associated with idea that men and women should be treated the same of within society

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Gender equality

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