PART ONE: What is it?
Ok, you're probably thinking, "Feminism... empowerment of women... like we haven't heard THAT before...", But really, it's much much much more than that!
Feminist theory examines woman's social roles, political roles, past experiences, and how women are empowered or underestimated. It also brings in equality between men and women and equal opportunities and freedom.
Feminist theory examines woman's social roles, political roles, past experiences, and how women are empowered or underestimated. It also brings in equality between men and women and equal opportunities and freedom.
PART TWO: When did it start and how?
KEY TERMS
Patriarchy: A system of male authority which oppresses women through its social, political and economic institutions.
Sex Roles: In conventional sociology 'sex role' is a social role allocated to men and to women on the basis of biological sex
Oppression: Women’s oppression is the experience of sexism as a system of domination.
Objectivity: The apparently value-free or neutral detachment of a researcher from a subject. It is normally polarized to subjectivity. It is a contentious concept of feminist research.
Objectification: Sexual objectification is the primary form of the subjection of women.
Universalism: The view that all women, whatever their race, religion, class or sexual preference, have something fundamentally in common. Universalism relies on biological or psychological universals.
SOURCE: http://mlhopps.faculty.tcnj.edu/GWWTermsDict.htm#SECTION%20I
Sex Roles: In conventional sociology 'sex role' is a social role allocated to men and to women on the basis of biological sex
Oppression: Women’s oppression is the experience of sexism as a system of domination.
Objectivity: The apparently value-free or neutral detachment of a researcher from a subject. It is normally polarized to subjectivity. It is a contentious concept of feminist research.
Objectification: Sexual objectification is the primary form of the subjection of women.
Universalism: The view that all women, whatever their race, religion, class or sexual preference, have something fundamentally in common. Universalism relies on biological or psychological universals.
SOURCE: http://mlhopps.faculty.tcnj.edu/GWWTermsDict.htm#SECTION%20I