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WOMEN, GENDER, AND EMPOWERMENT

WOMEN, GENDER, AND EMPOWERMENT. LATI 50 Introduction to Latin America. MIDTERM EXAM. Coverage: Weeks 1-6 Grade share: 33% (without optional paper) Format: closed-book exam (no electronic devices) Date: Thursday, May 16 (in class) Duration: 80 minutes (2:00-3:20 pm)

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WOMEN, GENDER, AND EMPOWERMENT

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  1. WOMEN, GENDER, AND EMPOWERMENT LATI 50 Introduction to Latin America

  2. MIDTERM EXAM • Coverage: Weeks 1-6 • Grade share: 33% (without optional paper) • Format: closed-book exam (no electronic devices) • Date: Thursday, May 16 (in class) • Duration: 80 minutes (2:00-3:20 pm) • Bring blue books and writing materials

  3. STEREOTYPES • Powerless in a macho world • Passivity, docility • Focus on family, children • Lack of interest in politics and public sphere • Marianismo (a controversial concept)

  4. WOMEN’S INTERESTS • Feminine or feminist? • “Practical” interests = position within gendered division of labor (e.g., as mothers and spouses) • “Strategic” interests = alternative social codes deriving from broad analysis of women’s subordination (e.g., role in workforce, politics) • Difference from U.S. interests in economic equality (e.g., glass ceiling) and sexual liberation; emphasis on distinctiveness of womanhood

  5. WOMEN AND AUTHORITARIANISM • Compliance: courtship by dictators • Opposition: merger of practical and strategic interests • Articulation of demands: • Mothers (and Grandmothers) of Plaza de Mayo in Argentina • Arpilleras in Chile • “militant motherhood” in Brazil • Pro-democratic, left-of-center orientation

  6. WOMEN AND DEMOCRACY • Disintegration of solidarity • Quotas in legislatures (~ 30 percent) • Female presidents: prominent widows • Isabel Martínez de Perón (Argentina) • Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (Nicaragua) • Mireya Moscoso (Panama) • Female presidents: successful politicians • Michelle Bachelet (Chile) • Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Argentina) • Laura Chinchilla (Costa Rica) • Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)

  7. Comparisons with the United States?

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