GNDS 120 Chapter Notes - Chapter n.a: Bell Hooks, Class Conflict, Intersectionality

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Gender Studies
• Course: GNDS 120
• Professor: Leslie Nichols

Document Summary

Socialized from birth to accept sexist thought and action as a consequence, females can just be as sexist as men. Easier for men to passively support male domination even though they know its wrong just so they can reap the rewards of being male. Need to end racism, class elitism and imperialism. Feminism = movement to end sexism and oppression, does not imply men are the enemy. To understand feminism you have to understand sexism. Most people learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media. Christian backgrounds people continue to believe that god has ordained women to be subordinate to men despite advancements. Women exploiting other women through sex, class, and race. Given the reality of racism it became apparent why white women wanted to maintain supremacy because there was still class struggle. Feminist thinking was most accepted and embraced in academic. Lifestyle feminism ushered the notion that there could be many versions of feminism as there were women.