5. Centre vs. margins of power
“Doubly marginalized” e.g. lesbians and
women of color
On the lookout for patriarchy
On the lookout for masculine language
Stereotypical oppositions between
male/female
Portrayal of the female, especially her body
Madonna/whore paradox
6.
7. patriarchy refers to
the way our society
has been governed
by men, generation
after generation
Can you think of
any examples of
patriarchy?
8.
9. Language is the domain of the masculine
Men own the right to ”name”
10. The Mad Men
school of seduction
Secrets of
workplace success
Men are
”active”, women are
”passive”
Men are
”reasonable”, wome
n are ”emotional”
11. Back in the day (Peggy
from Mad Men)
Killing Us Softly
12. portrayal of women
as either madonnas
or whores.
call for a feminine
language that
describes the
female body in
realistic, positive
terms
13. White women enjoy a
position much closer
to the center of
power
Women of color are
doubly marginalized
by their race and
gender
Lesbians are
excluded because of
their sexual
orientation.
14.
15. Mary Wollstonecraft (A
Vindication of the Rights
of Women, 1792)
highlight the inequalities
between the sexes.
Activists like Susan B.
Anthony and Victoria
Woodhull contribute to
the women's suffrage
movement
National Universal
Suffrage in 1920 with the
passing of the
Nineteenth Amendment
16. After WW2, struggle for
more equal working
conditions
National Organization for
Women (NOW), formed in
1966
Feminist political activism.
Writers like Simone de
Beauvoir (Le deuxième
sexe, 1972) and Elaine
Showalter established the
groundwork for the
dissemination of feminist
theories
Dove-tailed with the
American Civil Rights
movement
17. Resists the perceived essentialist
(over generalized, over simplified)
ideologies and a
white, heterosexual, middle class
focus of second wave feminism.
Borrows from post-structural and
contemporary gender and race
theories to expand on marginalized
populations' experiences.
Writers like Alice Walker work to
"...reconcile it [feminism] with the
concerns of the black
community...[and] the survival and
wholeness of her people, men and
women both, and for the promotion
of dialog and community as well as
for the valorization of women and of
all the varieties of work women
perform" (Tyson, 97).
Naomi Wolf on Third Wave Feminism
18. These days, it is not uncommon to hear young
women say that they are “not feminists”. Why do
you think that feminism has such a “bad rap”?
Have we gone beyond the need to worry about
gender equality?
Read the short Globe and Mail article ”It’s Time
Boys Learned the F-word” in Course Materials. Is
it true? Is there a message in Feminism for
young men?
What do you think Feminism has in common with
Postcolonialism?
