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United States Feminisms

United States Feminisms. Women’s Struggles in the 20 th Century & Now. What is Feminism?. Main Assumptions: 1. Gender is a central focus, an important subject to study (like class and race).

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United States Feminisms

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  1. United States Feminisms Women’s Struggles in the 20th Century & Now

  2. What is Feminism? Main Assumptions: 1. Gender is a central focus, an important subject to study (like class and race). 2. Gender relations are viewed as a problem, in that they are tied to inequality, contradictions and strain. 3. Gender relations are not natural or unchangeable; they are part a product of social, cultural and historical forces.

  3. Feminism’s Relation to Society & Scholarship 1. Feminism poses challenges to tradition & offers way to enrich it. 2. Movement from value-free science to value-identification: Stating one's values at the outset in order to recognize potential sources of bias. 3. Current feminism refuses to see “Woman” and focuses on how age, class, race, and other variables shape women’s lives differently

  4. First Wave Feminism • When • Who • What • Result?

  5. Second Wave Feminism • When • Who • What • Result?

  6. Third Wave Feminism • When • Who • What • Result?

  7. Contemporary Feminisms: Liberal Feminism • based on Enlightenment tenets of rationality and equality under law • uses education to change society • belief that there are natural, “inalienable” human rights • agrees with present social system, structure just needs to “add women” • assumes capitalism is good and democracy exists • favored by professional, white middle-class women

  8. Contemporary Feminisms: Radical Feminism • believes that present capitalist system and patriarchy must be changed if women are to be equal to men • assumes democracy is good, but incompatible with present economic system • Socialization of housework & motherhood • favored by working-class women • Women must create their own separate institutions, women-centered spaces, etc.

  9. Contemporary Feminisms:Womanism/Multicultural Feminism • Coined by Alice Walker • Gives visibility to black women who often worked without recognition • Not separatist, but appreciates women’s culture • Honors emotions, intuition and non-Western ways of knowing

  10. Why Not Be A Feminist?

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