RS260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Second-Wave Feminism, Third-Wave Feminism, Betty Friedan
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Seek to reform religious traditions or sometimes seeks to form a new form or revived old form of religion (e. g. goddess worship). Often have a liberationist approach many feminists would embrace the label activist . Focus on legal rights (e. g. right to vote) Emerged in north america after wwi (not until 1940 in quebec and 1945 in france) Many women who championed women"s right to vote were abolitionists. Focus on cultural and legal rights of women (e. g. access to jobs, sexual power structures) Betty friedan women can reach beyond the home. The second sex women as men"s other. Sensitive to issues of race and class. Women should be able to choose what they want to do. Reject the idea of the term feminism , as it is exclusive. Post-feminists people who critique second wave. Can imply that we no longer need feminism. Analyzed the social construction of sex roles. Gender is socially constructed; sex is biologically given.
