feminism Flashcards
charlotte perkins gilman on sex and gender
economy has changed and biological differences have become irrelevant as women are as intelligent as men
cpg on socialisation
girls are socialised from a young age to be homemakers rather than focus on a career
cpg on women in the economy
labour of women in the home allows men to dominate the economy .
cpg on the nuclear family
believed child rearing was equal to slavery and the nuclear family should be replaced by communal living and child rearing should be shared between men and women
sheila rowbotham on men helping in womens liberation
men cant understand the oppression of women and cant realistically liberate women
sheila rowbotham on capitalism
women will only escape the patriarchy under scocialism as capitalism keeps women as a cheap source of labour
why did sheila rowbotham think a marxist revolution wasnt enough
a socialist revolution doesnt free women form wider cultural oppression in personal relationships ( the personal is political)
simone de beauvoir - women are the “Other”
she believed that men characterised women as different and defective
simone de beauvoir on sex and gender
“women are made not born”
women arent naturally mothers but are taught this through education and society and due to this women loose freedom of choice on how to live their life from birth
simone de beauvoir on marraige
wives are sex slaves and women must seek their own sexual liberation and be granted the same opportunities as men
kate millet perception of patriachy
the patriachy is the dominance of men with sexism and heterosexualism
kate millet on sexual liberation
heterosexual reltuionships are political and patriarchal as men dominate women
women must accept lesbianism to gain liberation
kate millet on whether patriachy is political
patriachy is intensley political because it invovles the oppression of a group and liberation is inherently political
bell hooks criticism of mainstream feminism
it concentrates too much on middle class white women and ignores intersectional discrimination faced by poor/black/ gay/ disabled women
bell hook on the effects of patriachy
women are taught to hate themselves and see themselves as inferior
