Feminism

• Charlotte perkins gilman 1860-1935

  • key texts
  • human nature
  • the state
  • economy
  • society

  She focused on women's place in society and the economy

  • sex and capitalism mean women have to trade on sexual assets
  • gender roles are societally constructed
  • women need economic independence
  • Supported centralised nurseries to free women from the role of motherhood
• Simone de Beauvoir 1908 - 1986

  • key texts
  • human nature
  • the state
  • economy
  • society

  focused on the philosophy and societal roles around women

  • women are socialised to become 'women'
  • men are the norm, women are the 'other'
  • motherhood has turned 'women' into slaves
  • she suggested we have accepted this otherness and a shift of conscienceness is required to overturn the societal norms
• Kate Millet 1934-2017

  • key texts
  • human nature
  • the state
  • economy
  • society

  promoted the idea that the personal is the political, rejects the idea of public sphere feminism. she was the mother of radical feminism

  • suggests that the family spouts the patriarchy and mirrors the wider society
  • socialisation and media reinforces harmful stereotypes
  • culture produces degrading works
  • we must revolt to end the patriarchy
• Sheila Rowbotham 1943

  • key texts
  • human nature
  • the state
  • economy
  • society

  Linked with socialism and capitalism's role in female suppression

  • women are oppressed culturally and economically
  • capitalism and sexism are inherently linked. men are given 'power' because capitalism naturally makes men more powerful, as women are restricted through motherhood
• bell hooks 1952

  • key texts
  • human nature
  • the state
  • economy
  • society

  writes under a lowercase pseudo name to remove the ego of capital letters

  • brings light to intersectional feminism and woc
  • promoted solidarity among women
  • people are put in boxes from a young age and conditioned by society
  • large component and advocate in integrating intersectionality into mainstream feminism