What sort of feminist was De Beauvoir? Flashcards
What sort of feminist was De Beauvoir?
Existential and liberal`
What does bad faith mean?
Failing to impose one’s will
What does authenticity mean?
Successfully imposing one’s will
What does Other mean for De Beauvoir?
The idea of otherness what men have created to characterise women as different (according to men’s choosing, not their own).
What is De Beauvoir’s best known work?
The Second Sex
One is not _____, but rather _____ a woman. Fill in the gaps.
One is not born, but rather becomes a woman.
Who said this…One is not born, but rather becomes a woman.
De Beauvoir
When does de Beauvoir argue that women’s freedom is taken away from them?
At birth.
What sort of liberation did De Beauvoir argue women needed to secure first?
Sexual liberation
Which later liberal feminist did De Beauvoir influence?
Friedan
What is the title of Millett’s best known book and when was it published?
Sexual Politics, 1970.
What sort of liberation did Millett argue women needed to secure first?
Sexual
How did Millett describe heterosexual relationships?
As political because men dominate women in them.
Who said…Patriarchy was a ‘social constant’ running through political, social and economic structures
Millett
What did Millett say was society’s chief patriarchal institution?
Family
What sort of a feminist was Millett?
Radical
How did Greer explain why men oppress women?
Men hate women and that’s why they oppress them
Which word beginning with a C describes how Greer views what men have done to women?
Castrated
What does Greer say women have been taught by the patriarchal society?
Women have been taught to hate themselves so willinging accept inferior positions
How does Firestone describe the history of civilisation?
A dialectic between men and women
How did Firestone describe pregnancy?
“pregnancy is barbaric”
What did Firestone was the main source of female oppression?
Women’s childbearing role
What did she say biological reproduction should be replaced with?
Artificial reproduction, i.e. in a lab
What did Millett say the nuclear family should be replaced with?
Communal child-rearing and living.
What did Greer claim that sexual liberation would achieve for women?
They would stop hating themselves.
Do radical feminists see men a being important in the feminist utopia?
No.
What is redundant male theory?
A view prevalent amongst radical feminists who claim that society should be transformed along the basis of feminine values. Within such a society males would effectively become redundant with no real purpose.
Who coined the term intersectionality?
Crenshaw
When did Crenshaw first talk about intersectionality?
1989
What does this quote describe?
“XXX is what occurs when a woman from a minority group . . . tries to navigate the main crossing in the city. . . . The main highway is “racism road.” One cross street can be Colonialism, then Patriarchy Street. . . . She has to deal not only with one form of oppression but with all forms, those named as road signs, which link together to make a double, a triple, multiple, a many layered blanket of oppression.”
Intersectionality
Who asserts that…asserts that one cannot separate race from gender, history and class when considering a person’s freedom?
bell hooks
What does bell hooks blame for…the systematic practice of rape against black women, and this system established an enduring “social hierarchy based on race and sex.”
The legacy/history of slavery
What is the most radical of bell hooks’ ideas?
That patriarchy has taught women to hate themselves and to see themselves as inferior to men.
What is hooks’ main criticism of previous feminists?
That they focus too much on women, especially white, middle class women.
According to hooks, what role should men play in feminism?
They can fight against inequality between all groups.
Which historic events have reenergised intersectionality?
Black Lives Matter before and after George Floyd.
