POL 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Universal Peace Union, Standpoint Feminism, Postcolonial Feminism
6 Apr 2016
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Introduction to international relations and global politics lecture #9 + #10. Bizarre quality idealised image not all men held to be like that, just select few gossipy/infotainment news media connected to structures of power. Feminism in ir theory: feminist movement: 1970s in ir: mid-1980s, with other critical ir theory initial focus: ir"s ontological/epistemological assumptions exclusionary, state-centric, positivist. 2nd wave: studies of foreign policy, security, global political economy. Normative stance not just describing/explaining world, but changing it. Move away from state-centrism how do state system / global economy affect real people? (1) ir: big impact on gender relations (2) gender dynamics: big influence on ir. Gender: central analytical concept conceptual distinction: sex vs. gender sex = biological difference (male/female) gender = difference in social roles/stereotypes (masculine/feminine) if gender = social construction, then can be changed not natural, part of human nature gender is political. Dominant western image of masculinity: strong, rational, objective, independent, protector, public.
