Feminism Flashcards
Sex and gender
Sex refers to the biological differences between man and woman
Gender is used to explain the innate character
The term feminine describes the ideal gender type and seeks to keep women insubordinate position
For example, women are expected to be calm and passive poised and elegant
Patriarchy
A term used to describe the society dominated by men and run in the interest of men
Systematic oppression of women by men
Underrepresented in the formal positions of power in the state
Conditioned to believe the domesticity is destiny
And that domestic abuse should be left in private matters
Women are conditioned to feel abnormal for having sexual feelings
The personal is political
The public sphere refers to society in the private sphere refers to family
The slogan was to highlight to women, the aspects of life that were considered personal, we are part of a system that sought to oppress women
Aim to raise awareness among women so that they could challenge the status quo
Kate Miller identified the family as a key area of women’s oppression
Equality feminism
Feminism that seeks equality for men and women in society, and that believe the biological differences are in consequential
Difference feminists
Argues that men and women are fundamentally different from one another, and it is not biology which has led to the inequality
Cultural feminism
Challenges the dominant, cultural argument that women are inferior and subservient to man
Intersectionality
Associated with third wave feminism
Bell hooks disputed the idea that women were homo, genius category, essentially sharing the same life experiences
White middle-class, women did not serve an accurate representation of women as a whole
Aimed to widen, the narrow focus that feminism traditionally had to welcome experiences from women of different cultures class and religion, and give them a voice
Liberal feminism
Understood by taking liberal values of individualism and formal equality and applying them to women
Wallstone craft demanded political emancipation for women
Concerned with equal distribution of rights and entitlements known as legal and political equality
Six. Equal access to the public sphere connected to equality of opportunity.
Reformist believe in gender imbalance can be overturned, primarily through the democratic pressure
Socialist feminism
Believe that gender inequality in society, stems from economics and capitalism
Women acted as reserve army of labour
Capitalism was based on accumulation of private property, so women were required to be virgins until marriage and monogamous throughout marriage
Charlotte Perkins Gilman favoured a communal basis of living and equal household rolls
Believe that capitalism creates patriarchy, women should join together with men to fight capitalism and remove the patriarchy too
Radical feminism
Sexual revolution to fundamentally change the structure and nature of society
Gender inequality is the foremost system of oppression and patriarchy is an independent system of patriarchy
Associated with second wave, and the phrase personal is political
Kate Millett critiqued the patriarchy, focusing on its role in the family and showed how historically society saw women as their husbands property
Millet argued, women have been portrayed in art and literature is a degrading and patronising
Post modern feminism
Associated with third wave feminism starting in the 1990s
Argued for a more fluid understanding of being a woman
Argue that time is that there is no such thing as women and men and women both share differences
There is no fixed understanding of a woman
Challenge the notion that gender alone was the primary factor known as intersexuality
Bell hooks suggested the combination of sexism and racism led to black women, having the lowest status of any group in America
