Quiz #6.2

Question 1

liberal feminism

Answer 1

calls attention to the subordinate position of women in global politics but remains committed to investigating the causes of this subordination within a positivist framework
- some call this the first wave of feminism (don’t push the boundaries as much)
- believe women’s equality can be achieved through legal & institutional reforms, which would grant women the same rights/opportunities as men

Question 2

critical feminism

Answer 2

goes beyond liberal feminisms use of gender as a variable by exploring the ideational & material manifestations of general identities & gendered power in global politics
- emphasizes emancipation & how we can change the world

Question 3

feminist constructivism

Answer 3

IR social constructivists called for re-thinking the ways we see & understand international politics by adding a SOCIAL lawyer to IR’s analyses

Question 4

feminist poststructuralism

Answer 4

concerned w/ the way DICHOTOMIZED linguistic constructions such as strong/weak, rational/emotional, public/private serve to empower the masculine over the feminine

Question 5

postcolonial feminism

Answer 5

see false claims of universalism arising from knowledge that is based largely on the experiences of relatively privileged Western women