POG 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gender Mainstreaming, Bandung Conference, Frantz Fanon

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 225
• Professor: Miriam Anderson

Document Summary

Only 9% of the world"s heads of state are women. Only 22% of world"s parliamentarians are women (2014) The majority of military personnel worldwide are men. 90-95% of domestic violence is against women (reluctant because men tend not to report situation where they are abused by their wives/girlfriends because of embarrassment) Feminism: a movement dedicated to women"s political, social, economic equality. Feminist theory: goal is 1) to explain why women are subordinated, 2) to emancipate. No separation between knowledge and political practice should help improve women"s lives. Types of feminist theory: different explanations for women"s subordination: Post modern meaning is codified in language (language is made up of many binaries) A set of socially constructed characteristics that define masculinity and femininity. A structure that signifies unequal power relationships between women and men. A system of social hierarchy in which masculine characteristics are more valued than feminine ones* Myth of protection challenged by harm done to women and children in war.