WSTA03H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter Liberal Feminism : Liberal Feminism, Marxist Feminism, Glass Ceiling
5 Apr 2017
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First wave = sough equal rights as citizens for women in western societies. Feminism of 1960"s and 1970"s were the beginning of the second wave of feminism. Liberal feminism roots are in 18th and 19th century political philosophies that developed the idea of individual rights. Asks why women"s rights aren"t part of these individual human rights. Marxist feminism= marx"s 19th century analysis of capitalism and division of labour. Argues that women"s place in capitalist division of labor is invisible b/c housework isn"t recognized as work. Socialist feminism inserts gender into current debates over class, racial, and ethnic relations and the complex inequalities that result from their multiple effects. Transnational feminism uses ideas of national development and economic globalization and examines their effects on women in developing countries in what is called the global south. Beginning of second wave, goal of gender reform feminisms has been. Argues that society creates/exaggerates sex differences, esp. in socialization of children.
