PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Peace And Conflict Studies, Feminist Theory, Authoritarianism
17 Nov 2016
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Lecture 18 feminist perspectives on peace studies. Often used to describe the social roles of characteristics that are attributed to males and females based on their biological differences. Being masculine or feminine : stereotypical gender roles for men and women are as follows: Men viewed as tough, rational, unemotional and aggressive . Women viewed as loving, caring, mothering, emotional and passive . It is important to not, however, that gender identities are not fixed but change according to time, place and cultural context. A timeline of significant development in the field: 1900-1970: women"s suffrage; their ongoing subjugation and limited legal rights. 1970-1985: united nations focused on women"s equality both in the public and prive domains. 1985-2000: implementation of the convention on the elimination of all forms of. Patriarchy: the first decade of the 21st century sought to address the toxic forces of the concept of patriarchy. Jenkins and reardon further argue that war is essentially a patriarchal institution.
