POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sex Selection, Amniocentesis, United States Agency For International Development
5 Mar 2018
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Feminist theories and strategies: simone de beauvior, the second sex, betty friedan, feminist perspectives and strategies include, liberal, socialist, cultural, neo-marxist, radical, black/ third world, post modern, muslim. In china and india, more males than females are born even though natural birth ratios would produce more females b: during childhood a. In many countries girls are: less fed, breastfed shorter, taken to doctors less frequently, die or are physically or mentally malnutrition. In adulthood: the denial of womens rights to control their bodies in reproduction threatens womens lives, especially where this is combined with, see slides. The impact of colonialism: colonist introduced victorian and masculine ideology. It mistreated women or treated less equitably than traditional institutions had. In some western african societies, women served as chiefs or held other important positions. This was altered under colonial rule: the post colonial state continued this patriarchal and masculine ideology, matrilineal societies have given way to patrilineal societies.
