feminism

Subdecks (4)

Cards (32)

  • feminism
    -a structural conflict theory
    -examines differences between genders in society
    -society organised to serve needs of men
  • early / proto feminism
    -1792
    -mary wollstonecraft
    -the vindication of the rights of women
  • first wave feminism
    -mid/late 19th century (1920s)
    -emmeline pankhurst & the suffragette movement
    -1928 : all women over 21 received same voting rights as men
  • second wave feminism
    -mid 20th century (1960s-80s)
    -equal pay / opportunities - reproductive rights
    -sex discrimination act 1975
  • third wave feminism
    -redifining femininity & feminism
    -developing intersectionality
    -empowered women with the right to choose
  • fourth wave feminism
    -2010s onward
    -social media protests
    -global feminism
    -increasing intersectionality
  • feminism type & key theorist 

    -liberal = ann oakley
    -radical = germaine greer
    -marxist = michelebarrett
    -difference = judith butler
  • patriarchy
    systematic domination of women by men in some/all of society's institutions