Sex & Gender Flashcards
Liberal
Humans are rational
so distinction of S&G is artificial
women are just as capable as men and should have equal chances in society
state reform
- allow women to be equal in public sphere
Socialist
reject and want to eradicate gender stereotypes
required by capitalism as it needs to do free domestic work and fulfil other functions
Marx & Rowbotham
- revolution to solve inequalities and oppression
Radical
GR are created by patriarchy to subjugate women
women are duped into believing that childcare and household work are their natural role
state is a problem = radical change
Post-Modern
GR are forced upon women by society
those imposed on black WC women are diff from those on white MC women
Sex
bio differences
Gender
society constructed roles
Difference Feminists & Sex
bio diff are important
essentialism: BD affect thinking
Equality Feminists & Sex
nature is socially constructed
Transfeminism
sex is socially constructed
trans face discrimination than affects mental health
Germaine Greer & Sex
trans women are “not women”
Sheila Jeffreys & Sex
feminism should only be fore “womyn born womyn”
Simone de Beauvoir & Gender
BD used by patriarchy to justify the predetermination of GR
men are the norm while the women are the “other” (otherness)
“one is not born a woman rather becomes one” - GR as a social construct
Equality Feminist
human nature is andorgenous
BD are minimal so shouldn’t impact role
Charlotte Perkins GIlman
GR are socially constructed from young age
- Kate Millett & bell hooks agrees: GR are not natural not inevitable
women are socialised into thinking they are frail
women should have the same opportunity in work
introduce idea of economic independence
First Wave
extended classical liberalism’ ideas about human nature and freedom of the individual to include women
Wollstonecraft
- women are just as rational as men
Taylor Mill
- women should be able to vote and help make laws
