SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Conflict Theories, Date Rape, Queer Theory
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Politics (2: although things have progressed dramatically over the past 20 years, in some countries today (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) still (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:448)ote, not many women well represented in government itself. Canada (1) feminist movement first wave = 1900s: second wave = 1960- today, political demands to change is met with hostility and or violence. Funtionalist: biological or inborn differences, explain different behaviours emotions and temperament, macro. Liberal: mainly concerned with equality of opportunity or equal access to educational economic and political resources within society. Socialist: wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s duo roles, low wages, relationship between class and gender. Queer theory: attempts to break down gay-straight categorizations of people and their sexuality. Post modernism: gender differences are socially constructed and gender identities should be analyzed from an individual point of view b cot all women share similar identities and experiences, micro. Rape: prior to changes in 1983, men could rape and abuse their wives.
