SOC 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Marxist Feminism, Feminist Theory, Mantra

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2112
• Professor: Joseph Sawan

Document Summary

Contemporary feminism is a product of decades of struggle that women have tried to address in terms of gender inequality due to patriarchal and class division that continue to exist within capitalism. Cultural and identity politics replaced early marx and social feminist focuses. Following this, class has been reduced to another ism with gender and race creating a three variable mantra that everyone wants to include in feminist research. Eventually it was replaced with intersectionality and this is the main approach used today. Early feminist theory: the differences between early and modern feminist is very vast. To understand, one must comprehend the theoretical concerns that feminism has undergone and raised over the last four decades. Early theory about the origins of inequality between men and women and other processes has reflected in the nature of their theories relating to the usefulness of marx work for further political concerns.