feminist key thinkers Flashcards
What does Charlotte Perkins Gilman say about reform?
was a reform liberal feminist wanting to ensure economic and legal equality, equality would change marital relationsWh
what did Charlotte Perkins Gilman want to do?
distance women from gender roles. Free them from “sexualised costumes” they are expected to wear. Gender- escape fashion imposed on them by society
What did Charlotte Perkins Gilman say society has done?
has assigned inferior role to women. Women being stuck in the home has led to men dominating the economic world. Women should be free to lead their lives however they want.
What was Simone De Beauvoir “Other”?
taken from the idea of enslavers and enslaved. Women are in a similar situation, men justify women’s subordination by emphasising female natural defiance-gender and sex. Men create gender differences.
women are the second sex.
What does Simone De Beauvoir believe about being born a women?
“One is not born but becomes a women”- sex is distinct from gender. Society influences this. State reinforces this culture that prevents women from expressing freedom and identity.
What does Simone De Beauvoir Believe men do?
dominate economic life and therefore restricting the choice of women.
Women need to work together to change which is hard because not all women are the same in their views. Optimistic that men would come to the view that they should support women and agree with their equal freedom.
What does Kate Millet think about the personal is political?
the personal is political, men and women don’t have equal partnership so political. Patriarchy is pervasive in both spheres.
what did Kate Millet think about revolution and feminism?
Was a revolutionary radical feminist, a social and cultural revolution was needed to eliminate patriarchy from female mind. Change thinking on roles in society but this is hard because it is so entrenched. Each new gen needs to be inducted into new views-education?
What did Kate Millet believe about gender?
gender is a construct imposed on women. Sex is distinct from gender needs to be realised. No evidence that certain characteristics are inherently male or female.
What did Kate Millet believe about the state?
State is an agent of patriarchy but aren’t the solution. Women need to realise that they are oppressed by patriarchy. Family should be abolished to achieve fairer society because root cause is opression.
What did Kate Millet believe about political reform?
it has failed. US women got vote 50 years before and still were judged looks, in relationships that undermine them and denied economic opportunities. Male chauvinism, men exercise and celebrate power over women.
What did Shelia Row Botham believe as a socialist feminist?
liberal reforms have failed need to have a capitalist revolution. Capitalism exploited w/c women more than men. Work for free in home, need to make easier for women to access world of work.
What did Shelia Row Botham believe about language?
need to abolish language that causes oppression. Criticised companies who discriminate against women because they get payed maternity.
women’s consciousness of the world is created by men.
What did Shelia Row Botham believe about the state?
state is a servant of capitalism. Society should be egalitarian in public and the private.
economy determines everything. Oppression has also stemmed from nuclear family and cultural dominance of men.
What did Belle Hooks believe about intersectionality?
its important, she was disappointed by lib feminism because it predominately white, middle class, college educated women. Oppression can intersect across different identities and therefore multiple forms of oppression
What does Belle Hooks believe about revolution and feminism?
revolution is needed, some economic element because less well educated women are stuck w undesirable jobs. So actually m/c women are oppressing them. State is dominated by white males as well so reinforces dominant role in society.
What did Belle Hooks say about gender?
wanted feminine masculinity in society. Should open a dialogue with men, and for it to all work love between different groups must be established.
