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Difference Feminism - Coggle Diagram
Difference Feminism
- different women have different experiences of patriarchy - must examine all
- accuse other feminists of ESSENTIALISM
- all women are the same and share same experiences of oppression
- feminists should focus on Individual struggles experienced by women
- women in different cultures experience patriarchy in different ways
- understanding patriarchy = understand how it works in different cultures
- Black Feminism - arose of concern that mainstream feminism accounted ONLY for white women
- effects of racism - BW faced a Dual-oppression - new form of feminism needed to explain their situation
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- similar to DF - argue other feminist theories disregard difference between women
- concerned w/ discourses - ways of seeing, thinking, speaking about things
- argued that white western women dominate feminist movement - represent 'universal womenhood' - not everyone has same experiences
- Butler- PS offers advantages for feminism - enables F's to de-construct different discourses
- different discourses give rise to different forms of oppression
- by rejecting essentialism & importance of discourses - PS recognises diversity of women's lives & struggles
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- explains continued gender inequality in society
- suggests practical & policy solutions to female oppression (LIBERAL)
- knows other ways in which oppression is experienced
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- Fails to mention Male oppression
- fail to acknowledge improvements - e.g. education
- MAY ignore inequalities based on other dimensions - ethnicity etc.