SOSC 1375 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Socialist Feminism, Liberal Feminism, Protection Racket
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Thinking about gender and race in socio legal studies. Many kinds of feminism - some even disagree w/ e/o. 5 kinds of feminism make up legal feminisms: legal feminism, radical, anti racist, socialist, post-structuralist. Bad (sexist) law, result of biology assumptions these biological diff made them unable to participate, pigeonholed: socialization of women into feminine sex roles as caregivers and housekeepers, men are the comparison group. Men are the role to which women aspire: law is a primary instrument for achieving equality, no revolutionary transformation, just wants to tweak the current system, emphasis on gradual change. State and law are weapons used by men: mackinnon quotation on moodle, solution to all of this is separatism - disengagement from male created structures. Change in family ideology key to changing women"s position in society: view gender neutrality as a bad thing unlike liberal feminists, different roles so is needs to be considered.
