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Key thinker Charlotte Perkins Simone de Beauvoir Kate Millet Shelia Rowbotham bell hooks
Gilman
Strand 1st wave, between 2nd wave, socialist 2nd wave, radical 2nd wave, socialist 3rd wave, post-modern
liberal and socialist and intersectionality
feminist
Overview - ‘The Yellow - sex vs gender – - Critiqued - Socialist - Here are many
Wallpaper’ “one is not born patriarchy feminism is factors that
- Lack of female but rather within literature most could mean
autonomy becomes a (sexism, appropriate someone is
- girls forced to woman.” – heterosexism), means towards oppressed –
conform to role society believed the an biological,
as mothers socialises portrayal of understanding social, religious
- believed women into women of structural and cultural
domestic work their behaviour (particularly inequality - ‘Ain’t I A
should be - ‘The Second lesbians) was - Critical of Woman?’ –
divided – Sex’ 1949 degrading Orthodox considers the
currently is an - Women are - Believes that Marxist history impact of
instrument of relegated to a sex-based for its neglect of sexism and
the patriarchy secondary role – oppression is issues such as racism on black
- women ‘the other’ and both political family history, women
financially rely have passively and cultural the role of - States that
on husbands, accepted - Patriarchy housewives, media and
uneven power patriarchal demands a sexuality and education
structure meant society’s role revolution in the maternity – all creates a white-
wives had to for them. domestic downplay supremacist-
trade sexual Women do not division of political capitalist-
favours for achieve self- labour with importance of patriarchy
protection actualisation radical changes women - Claims that
offered by through work towards - Advocates a feminism is
husbands and creativity personal and theory of about a
- women were but instead are family lifestyles history that ‘movement to
the forced into = true sexual accords equal end sexism,
underdeveloped monotonous revolution importance to sexist
half of humanity existences of - Raised both sexes exploitation and
– can escape having children, awareness of - Claims the left oppression’
, patriarchy when tending house how females needs to - Believes a
economic and being the who experience consider the solution to
dynamics sexual sexual, physical oppression of these problems
change receptacles of and emotional women in is a form of
- humanist – the male libido abuse face a set cultural as well communion and
believes - Not entirely of power as economic community
Darwinism men’s fault, dynamics terms - ‘Teaching to
- sex and many women - Focused on - Capitalism transgress:
domestic are complicit in human rights oppresses education as a
economics go their own and anti- working class practice of
hand in hand – destiny because psychiatry, and and women freedom’ –
for women to of the apparent civil rights - Women are classroom is a
survive they benefits it can - Abolish family forced to sell source of
were reliant on bring as the unit their labour to constant and
their sexual respite from - Patriarchy survive and potential
assets to please responsibility it reinvents itself support liberation
their husbands promises between husband/family - “a movement to
- societal - Women should generations - The capitalist end sexism,
pressure forces be allowed to - Undoing the system/family sexist
women to carry through traditional unit serves as exploitation and
conform her own free family was the an instrument opposition”
projects with all key to rue of control over - “women in
the danger, risk sexual women lower class and
and uncertainty revolution – the - Origins of poorer groups,
that might family unit is sexism predate particularly
result – “prides the foundation capitalism and those who are
herself on of patriarchal the institution non-white,
thinking, taking thought, as of marriage would not have
action…on the children are closely matches defined
same terms as socialised into a feudalist women’s
men…she gender roles. structure liberation as
declares herself Dismantling the - Rejects liberal women gaining
their equal.” family unit feminist social equality
- Society must through argument that with men since
change to communal the women’s they are
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