HREQ 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Masculinity, Industrial Revolution, Antonio Gramsci
20 Nov 2016
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Waves of feminism regarding human rights (three waves) Varying feminist perspective (no single one) sometimes conflict but similarities exist. 1st wave liberal feminism enlightenment (church and feudal system) [1700 . Oblivious to class (he had tea often and the person who served him was probably a female domestic worker caregiver) Didn"t consider the same equalities in the private sphere: from governesses (european caregivers as well as educators) to nannies (jamaican, filipino more as domestic servants, public vs private sphere. High participation of women and less of men. Believed in need between a connection of the private and public sphere for sexual hierarchy both worlds needed transformation: radical feminism. Agreed with the exploitation of capital relation (as explained by socialist/marxist) Believed deep in human society exists domination and subordination of the sexes. Violence against women, health, well being, pornography. Former waves were eurocentric and dominated by white women. Feminism needed a theorization and intersection of gender, class and race.
