Feminism Flashcards
Gender
the socialised construction of what male and female characteristics should be which is distinct from sex biological differences in sex.
How can feminism be applied to the International system?
perspective of international relations can be improved if you consider feminine experiences. Bring to the forefront that women are not represented in the discourse
gendered lenses
using gender as a method of analysis of global politics- Cynthia Enloe
How does IR Feminism look at states?
they look at the a particular part of society so the theory is not state centric
economic sanctions
barriers of imports and exports from one state to another in order to receive political concessions.
knowledge and power
IR positivists- knowledge is of neutral value, and IR post-positivist believe that power and knowledge are linked
what are the two generations of IR feminist theory
First gen: critiquing the gendered foundations of IR
second gen: developing their own research programmes, and extending the discipline, use gender as analysis of current situations and phenomenon
Liberal feminism
calls attention to the subordination of women in global politics but uses a positivist level of analysis.
They analyze the number of women in political positions
What the world would be like if there were more women in the power.
Use a gendered lenses to explain foreign policy
who are Mary Caprioli and Mark Boyer
they are liberal feminists who looked into whether a state was more violent in its foreign relations when there was more equality between men and women in the domestic society. They found that there was a correlation.
How do liberal feminist believe that gender equality can be achieved?
removing the legal and other obstacles that deny women the same rights and opportunities as men
post positivist criticisms of liberal feminism
using statistical measures to analyze/understand gender inequality is not enough, gender inequality can persist even when the numbers match
Critical feminism
explores the ideational and material manifestations of gender identities and gender power in global politics
Robert Cox
the world is made of historical structures, these structures are created by 3 interacting forces: production relations, state-society complex, and historically defined world orders
Sandra Whitworth
critical feminist; understanding gender is partly about understanding the material conditions of men and women, but it also depends on the ideas that men and women have about gender and about each other
Christine Chin
critical feminist; studied female domestic workers looks at existing power relations with the intent of changing them.
what do critical feminists want to do with theory
they want to use there finds to change the current system
feminist constructivism
focuses on the way ideas about gender shape global politics
IR social constructivism
looks beyond the material elements of global politics to the ideational aspect, rethinking the way we see and understand international politics.
IR social constructivism view of the state
not a unitary body but a amalgamation of social process
feminist post-structuralism
focused on how language dichotomies focus on strong work to empower men over women
post colonial feminism
Critique of the assumed universality of western feminism, which only represents privileged women. It also rejects the assumption of western feminism that third world women are all victims, undereducated and oppressed.
how is IR feminism’s definition of security and IR definition of security different?
IR- security is security of the state, a secure state protects its physical and moral boundaries against the anarchic state
IR Fem- security is multi-dimensional physical structural and ecological, they look at what security is and who is guaranteed security
structural violence
Violence done to people when their needs are not met and
Critics of IR security definition
It is not only the security of state, it is security of the individual within the state.
