Feminist Theories Flashcards
1
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Evidence to support feminist views
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- Texts - written and translated by men
- Religious organisations - women couldn’t be priests or rabbis
- Places of worship - women aren’t allowed in if they’re on their periods or in certain areas at any time
- Laws and Customs - controlling fertility through abortion - forcing to wear Hijabs etc (in certain situations)
2
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Daly
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- religion creates a patriarchal myth
- Christianity formed a myth around male dominance
- eliminated other goddess religions, embodies women hating
3
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Armstrong
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- decline of the Goddess
- looked at how women were replaced in religion
4
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De Beauvoir
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- looks at inequality
- saw religion in the same way as Marx
- religion is used by the oppressor (men) to control an oppressed group (women)
5
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El Saadawi
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- Religion is not to blame for male domination
- interpretation by males and patriarchal domination of religion that came with the development of monotheistic religions is the problem
6
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Cohen and Kennedy (2000)
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- Fundamentalism (extreme religion)
- desire to restore fundamentalist religions is associated with the fear that increase in women’s freedom will undermine the foundations of tradition, morality, religion and ultimately male control
7
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Woodhead
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- criticises feminist explanation that simply equate religion with patriarchy and the oppression of women
- religion is freeing for some people
- not all religion is oppressive
8
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Watson
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Hijab exclusive to wearer
