Feminism Flashcards
What is the feminist definition of sex?
Sex refers to anatomical attributes
What is the feminist definition of gender?
Refers to the socio-political construction of binary masculine/ feminine identities and roles
What are the 3 different types of feminism?
Empirical
Analytical
Post colonial
What is empirical feminism and what does it recognise?
Empirical feminism focuses on where women’s lives are excluded from international history.
It recognises that women as economic producers have been excluded from the history textbooks, women farming accounts for half of food production in the developing world and three-quarters of domestic food supply
What is analytical feminism?
Analytical feminism is concerned with revealing the gender bias inherent in theories of International Relations and key concepts.
Rejects the idea that gender assumptions are “natural”, ie. the military is for the men because men are masculine
What framework does anayltical feminism critique?
Waltz’s ‘Man, the State and War’ for power being characterised by realists in a masculine way
What is the double bind?
Double bind highlights the tension of the woman leader, women are constantly criticised for being either too bossy i.e Maggie or too nice/motherly
Media holds women accountable for being both a leader and their gender, like in parks and rec where Leslie gets ruined for being a mother but wanting to run for local councillor
What is a standpoint feminist?
A standpoint feminist likes to imagine the world written from a women’s perspective. The theory recognises that women may have a different theoretical position to men and thats ok!!
Who is Judith Butler and why is she an important feminist?
Judith Butler is an advocate for the sex v gender arguement
Focuses on identity as a whole, not just women which is what feminism is
Believes gender is only produced through social relations
What is post-colonial feminism?
Feminist theory can be exclusive, constructed by feminists from a certain background
Focuses on how feminism is only really concerned about white women from the west
Diversity seems to lack where feminism stands, this is quite a relevent argument even for today.
What is the emancipatory feminist?
Feminists have demonstrated how sex workers, domestic servants and home based workers are on the same footing as 9-5 women but they are typically excluded from everyday discussions of the employed.
Recognise that sex workers still contribute to the global economy
The veil
many western people believe the veil is a sign of oppression and patriarchal islamic socieities that oppress women
the goddamn french banning shite but letting cardi b walk about like a burrito #idiots
