POLSCI 2MN3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Liberal Feminism, Gender Studies, Intertextuality
28 Feb 2020
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Idealism/liberalism: states and other actors in international society: realism: states in anarchy, constructivism: states and other actors in a socially constructed world, all are gender blind. Feminists differ on: how they understand gender, the causes if gender inequality, what constitutes women"s subordination, how to liberate women, methodologies. February 27, 2020: methods: quantitative social science methods, socialist/marxist feminism, emphasize the international capitalist system and patriarchy, material economic forces determine the lives of women, the capitalist system is the root of inequality, standpoint feminism. Inspired by second wave feminism/american civil rights movement: examine how inequalities between men and women influence knowledge production correct the male dominance of our knowledge of the world, emerged out of socialist feminism (women as a class) Criticized for not being scientific/ many feminists are postpositivist. February 27, 2020: methods: many feminist theories are open to many approaches such as ethnography that are considered unconventional.
