Feminism Flashcards
Feminism
Political movement focussed on achieving gender equality via the challenge of oppressive social structure and practises
4 waves
Wave one, suffrage
Wave two, birth control, working….
Wave three, sexuality
Wave four, digital technology. Not entire recognized as a wave
Post structuralist framework of feminism
Understanding gender as a performance and fluid
Butler
Gender constructed in culture and performance
Naturalness constructed by daily performance
Not performed by choice but continued practises and social construction
Mulvey
Gendered spectator theory
Used psychoanalytical theories to analyze how women function in film as a spectacle
Male gaze
Post feminism
Assumes feminism is no longer necessary because gender equality has been achieved
Because some women have become successful all women can successful
Post racism
Assumes race is a thing of the past
Because some people of different races have become successful, therefore all people can be successful
Colour blindness
