Gender -> Society

Question 1

Feminism

Answer 1

Refers to the many political, philosophical, economic, psychological and sociological movements or ‘waves’ which have sought to free women from male dominance and give them independence and dignity

Question 2

First wave

Answer 2

• Harriet Taylor
• ‘equality in all rights, political, civil and social’

Question 3

Second wave

Answer 3

• Betty Friedan
• Change of mindsets

Question 4

False-consciousness

Answer 4

A term developed by existential philosophers to describe a falsely objective view a person has of oneself. In this state the person lacks true freedom

Question 5

Women’s false-consciousness

Answer 5

• Simone de Beauvoir
• ‘One is not born, but rather one becomes a woman’
• Gender is ‘intermediate between male and eunuch’
• ‘eternal feminine’

Question 6

Sex and gender

Answer 6

• Essentialist view
• Existentialist view

Question 7

Order of nature

Answer 7

• Image of God
• Natural gender differences

Question 8

Gods covenant ideal

Answer 8

• Mary & Martha
• ‘Wives be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord’ (Ephesians 5:22)
• ‘Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her’