WGS160Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Another Woman, Intersectionality, Masculinity
20 Oct 2015
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Feminism is about equality among the sexes -- to be treated equally . It is always about power relations and social change . Shashi deshpande (indian novelist): one woman said she didn"t want desert her family, another woman said she didn"t hate men. Masculinity men are more likely to be in position of power, dominant position in the gender order. Patriarchal dividend: the benefits of male power and authority not all men benefit. Gender does not tell the whole story as people have multiple identity they operate in. Intersectional analysis: acknowledges that every person exists in the framework of multiple identities. Have to analyze in a structural kind of way the systems that supports it. Ex: reproductive rights white middle class can have the right not to have children, lower class might be pressured to have children traditionally: said it was a western project. Eurocentrism: viewing the world from an european perspective believing western culture is the best.
