FEMINISM THINKERS Flashcards

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
was a… feminist?
key ideas?

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socialist

  • societal pressure, stereotyping clothes/toys/activities push roles
  • economic independence, dependency is heart of oppression
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Simone de Beauvoir

key ideas?

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  • socialisation, moulds women ‘not born, rather becomes a woman’
  • Otherness, men norm = women other (and have accepted this) subordinate position.
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Kate Millet
was a… feminist?
key ideas?

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radical

  • family, reinforce patriarchal values ‘roles’
  • portrayal of women in art and literature, degrade women/sex demonstrates subjugation of women/silenced and sexually possessed.
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Sheila Rowbotham
was a… feminist?
key ideas?

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socialist

  • sexism and capitalism, oppression predates but closely linked- ‘revolution within revolution’ needed
  • the family, men take refuge from alienation of capitalism/women oppressed culturally and economically.
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bell hooks

key ideas?

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  • gender boxes/socialisation, children forced into unnatural boxes
  • intersectionality, mainstream radical ignores diff cultural/class.
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