Major - social Flashcards
What was Third Wave Feminism?
Grounded in the ideas of diversity and individualism in women
Who was Naomi Wolf?
American feminist author and journalist
What did Naomi Wolf do?
Describes beauty as entirely a social construct. The Beauty Myth 1991 - leans in liberalistic rhetoric of women’s choice to choose.
What was the “Third Wave Fund”?
Sought to encourage young people, particularly women, to be more politically and socially active within their communities
What evidence of liberalisation was there in attitudes towards women?
Wolf focused her work on women’s choice to choose calling out the impossible beauty standards of the ‘iron Maiden’
Third Wave Feminism at its core represents a belief in self-autonomy of women regarding all matters including abortion
What evidence of “Small c” conservatism was there in attitudes towards women?
Wolf in 1995, in an article for the New Republic was critical of contemporary pro-choice positions arguing that the movement had “developed a lexicon of dehumanisation” and urged feminists to accept abortion as a form of homicide
What evidence was there of liberalisation in race relations?
British Social Attitudes Survey showed that people were less opposed to interracial marriage in their own family in 1996 compared to 1989.
What evidence was there of “small c” conservatism in race relations?
Scarman report found no evidence of institutional racism - 1981
Major was very opposed to racial discrimination, but very little legislative change
Public media attention led to prejudice against travellers- MacPherson report highlighted stagnations of racial and police relations
What evidence was there of Liberalisation in Youth Culture?
Britpop was known internationally, it was given media coverage at the same times as Hussein’s nuclear weapons and Bosnia’s conflicts indicating its prominence
What evidence was there of Liberalisation in Education?
11+ exams no longer mandatory
Apprenticeships were a more inclusive education system for those who were “less academically inclined” to attend higher education/university - seen as a step towards inclusivism
What evidence was there of “small c” Conservatism in Youth Culture?
Politicians spoke out against spoke out against raves and fined promoters who held them unauthorised
Police crackdowns led the rave scene to dive deeper into the countryside
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 - empowered police to stop a rave in the open air when a hundred or more people are attending
What evidence was there of “small c” Conservatism was there in education?
Education Act’s minimum age could potentially be perceived as an effort to restrain liberalisation of the youth.
Religious education had to be “wholly or mainly Christian”, not inclusive.
What evidence was there of Liberalisation was there in attitudes to Homosexuality?
Football (Offences) Act - 1991 - banned indecent chants, which included homophobic chants at football games
Government tried to prevent homophobia and in crown dependencies
Princess Diana opening a dedication wing of London Middlesex Hospital helped break the stigma of HIV
What evidence was there of “small c” Conservatism was there in attitudes to homosexuality?
Increasingly “hostile” public view - HIV labelled as the “gay cancer”
conservative party cut funds to key AIDS charities such as the Terrence Higgins Trust
