Gender part 1
Foucaults ideas power and knowledge
deconstructualist post structuralism
liberal feminsim
radical feminism
anti racist feminism
socialist feminism
intersectionality: Being stuck in between two roads (ex. Being both the non dominant race and gender)
gender identity
Where we are now
-The root of the problem is the nuclear family, main source of oppression is men
-it stems from the nuclear family as men wanted constant control over women and their bodies
-nuclear family= immediate family
-does not include all races, exclusive for non racialized women
economic opportunity
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Sports Solo sports had an equal split between men and women but team sports had an unequal split
power was first created and maintained by physical force and prisons did not exist. example, tortured and killed.
Deconstructuralists belive that words do not have a linear meaning between the signifyier and the signified, the meaning "floats" away from its original intent
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Post structuralism is the concept that all the meanings of words and whatnot come from the social context and settings they are in, and are not actually just a single meaning, it varies
White feminism is separated from other race feminism (women of colour)
Sites of oppression were from white woman, men and other feminists
Weakness: Never included women who were not white, heterosexual, cisgender, uppermiddle class, or ablebodied.
Family Custody= Unequal (Men) Parental lead= Unequal (34% Men)
Understood intersectionality between race, gender, and sexuality
power maintained by force idea changed in the 17th century
Anti racist feminism wants to promote a distinction between white and other types of feminism such as black, Asian, and Indigenous.
-main goal is to control their bodies and sexuality.
-change word from victim to surviour
-reclaim the word slut, change the meaning and take the power of the word back
-aim to change what men think of women in romantic relationships
Guided by the principles of classical liberalism. Since men are free and equal, women should be as well.
Entertainment equal amount of men and women but men get paid more
women participated in the slut walk in order to reclaim the word slut, in which they were often called this by men. this walk opened eyes to slut shaming and rape culture and how unnoticed it goes
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power originates from discourse.
Crime & Law Lawyers= Unequal (13% difference) Judges= Unequal Victim of crime= Unequal
Structuralism is the concept that we understand everything by seeing its differences we interpret the world by juxtaposition.
they believe in economic good of a society from socialist viewpoint. this theory is very economically focused, mainly enrapt in looking towards financial gain or prosperity. They believe that capitalism and economics based patriarchy are the main reason that women are not seen as being equal to men.
The feminists were aiming for, free daycare, equal pay, and equal healthcare
Socialist feminists believe in equal pay and wish for more government spending on things like childcare and healthcare.
Aims: EQUALITY, Voting rights for women, access to education, marriage rights (women can maintain rights over money and property while married to a man), the right to own property
Accomplishments: Got access to education, won the right to vote, holding political office, owning property, marriage rights.
HealthcareSpecilists= unequal Family physision= Unequal
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Economies Wage Gaps= 14% difference between men and women.
Jaxon Katz made 2 post structuralist arguments
1 the domaint group is always missing. ex race= black
The dominant group “white” is not talked/thought about
2 it is not a coincidence that the dominant group is missed
ex john beat mary, john is disappearing and putting everything on Mary
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Power and knowledge are interrelated so all knowledge negotiates power
………. Went back to her hometown in Pakistan. To teach education. Girls were banned to go to school. When she created a new school for girls and boys to learn, 25 schools were then created with around 15,000 children.
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Power is no longer overt and it is through social networks that we experience control with discourse
Education Graduation Rates, post secondary & literacy test is all unequal to men
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We no longer need explicit punishment and we have much more “normalizing pressure.” Because of this, we “Police” our own identity. This is worse because we are not even aware of it.
Politics Approxmetly 30% of the MPP and MP are female
unequal