Feminism

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Feminism

• Friday 1st October

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Definition

• Feminism refers to political, cultural, and
  economic movements seeking greater, equal, or,
  among a minority, superior rights and
  participation in society for women and girls.
  These rights and means of participation include
  legal protection and inclusion in politics,
  business, and scholarship, and recognition and
  building of women's cultures and power. Its
  concepts overlap with those of women's rights.

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• Feminism is controversial for challenging
  traditions in many fields and especially for
  supporting shifting the political balance toward
  women. Some feminists argue that men cause and
  benefit from sexism while others argue that all
  people are harmed by gender roles and therefore
  that feminism is for women and men. Feminists are
  persons of either sex, or females only (in which
  case males may be profeminists), who believe in
  feminism.

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• Feminist theory emerged from these feminist
  movements and includes general theories and
  theories about the origins of inequality, and, in
  some cases, about the social construction of sex
  and gender, in a variety of disciplines. Feminist
  activists have campaigned for women's rightssuch
  as in contract, property, and votingwhile also
  promoting women's rights to bodily integrity and
  autonomy and reproductive rights. They have
  opposed domestic violence, sexual harassment, and
  sexual assault. In economics, they have advocated
  for workplace rights, including equal pay and
  opportunities for careers and to start
  businesses.

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• The movements and theoretical developments were
  historically led predominantly by middle-class
  white women from Western Europe and North
  America, but, since then, more women have
  proposed additional feminisms.

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Germaine Greer

• Germaine Greer (born 29 January 1939) is an
  Australian writer, academic, journalist and
  scholar of early modern English literature,
  widely regarded as one of the most significant
  feminist voices of the later 20th century.
• Greer's ideas have created controversy ever since
  her book The Female Eunuch became an
  international best-seller in 1970, turning her
  into a household name and bringing her both
  adulation and opposition.

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The Female Eunuch

• Greer argued in her book, The Female
• Eunuch, that women do not realise how
• much men hate them, and how much
• they are taught to hate themselves. Christine
  Wallace writes that, when The Female Eunuch was
  first published, one woman had to keep it wrapped
  in brown paper because her husband wouldn't let
  her read it arguments and fights broke out over
  dinner tables and copies of it were thrown across
  rooms at unsuspecting husbands (Wallace 1997). It
  arrived in the stores in London in October 1970.
  By March 1971, it had nearly sold out its second
  printing and had been translated into eight
  languages.

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For your NAB

• REMEMBER! When it asks about the developing world
  they mean Africa etc!! Look into this over the
  weekend!
• THINK! Have you actually answered what the
  question is asking you?
• ALWAYS! Attempt every question! You never know,
  you might manage a few marks!
• MARKS! How many is it worth? This will give you
  an indication of what you should be writing.
• QUESTION! What type of question is it? (AE or KU)
  What type of answer should you be giving?