Gender theory Flashcards
What did Harriet Martineau write?
- for the latter two she spent 2 years traveling around america from north to south, from cities to small towns, sitting in on sessions in congress.
What is illustrations on the political economy
Harriet Martineau- Bite sized chunks meant for mass consumption. used fables and a literary style of writing to bring the ideas of Adam Smith to the public.
describe the 3 volumes of Society in America
vol1 identified values that Americans have , like democracy, freedom, and justice.
vol 2 contrasted morals Americans thought they had with values that actually appears in our political and economic systems.
vol 3 was about marriage, women’s occupation and women’s health
what is How to observe morals in America
It was a treatise on research methodology, Described how to do cross cultural studies morals and moral behavior. she wrote about interviewing ,sampling, bias observation the problem with generalizing individuals to all society. class religion suicide nationalism domestic life, gender, crime, health
What did America think of Harriet Martineau
After she died her work was almost completely forgotten. It wasn’t until the 1970’s her was rediscovered during the feminist movement
What is the 1st of feminism
Happened roughly 1850’s to the 1920’s
focused on legal inequalities, back then all women’s property legally belonged to her husband
What started the women’s rights movement
A meeting between 300 women and a few men in Seneca falls New York in 1848. Started Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized it and created the declaration of sentiments
Who was the first sociologist to put forth the idea that male and female minds aren’t biologically different.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, focused writing marriage ,childbearing and the assumed roles of women as housekeepers and men as breadwinners. “there is no female mind the brain is not an organ of sex might as well speak of the female liver”
What is the 2nd wave of feminism
1970’s -focused on female participation in the labor force equal pay reproductive rights sexual violence educational quality and divorce
What is the 3rd wave of feminism
1990’s Many thought that the second wave focused on issue that primarily affected white upper middle class women. 3rd wave broadened feminism to encompass issues of class, race and sexuality.
What is intersectionality
An analysis of how class, race, and gender intersect to create a systems of disadvantage that are independent.
