Sociology 311 Final Exam - Feminist Theory

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cultural feminism

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"multicultural feminism"

"outsiders within'

multiracial > multicultural... scores race as a power system that interacts with other structural inequalities

racially stratified social order

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liberal feminism

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finds sexism to be the fundamental attitude that causes gender inequality

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gender inequality theories (phenomenological view) (1 of 2)

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sees the everyday experiences of the individual as defined by typifications which are maintained by the collective action of individuals & which ultimately shape the psyches of the actors

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gender inequality theories (socialization theory) ( 2 of 2)

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examines how sex roles & expectations of men & women are transmitted & internalized

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domination

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the exercise of authority

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glass ceiling

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an unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities.

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gender oppression theories

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unavoidable.

cage, barriers, surrounded, bird

hard to recognize if you aren't affected

opening doors (males for females) removes the barrier - ritual

men are not helpful in practical ways

chivalry - symbolic

- women's actual needs deemed unimportant

- insignificance of women

SOCIETY FOUNDED ON CAPITALISM & PATRIARCHY

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double bind

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situations in which options are reduced to a very few & all of them expose one to penalty, censure, or deprivation

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radical feminism

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view social institutions as tools of male domination which support patriarchy & the oppression of women.

believe that patriarchy is all pervasive in our culture & in our social institutions & that violence, such as rape, & domestic abuse, & more subtle means of control, such as beauty standards K& emotional harassment, are symptoms of the ills of patriarchy.

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patriarchy

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a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

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socialist feminism

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combine Marxian & radical feminism in an attempt at theoretical synthesis, breadth, & precision, & an explicit method for social analysis & change.

there are those who focus on capitalist patriarchy & those who wish to study domination in a wide range of contexts, including race, class, & gender, as well as forms of domination among nations in the world system.

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structural oppression theories

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difference, inequality, & oppression in institutions. within capitalism, patriarchy, & racism

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multi-racial theories

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"the concepts multiracial feminism, racial ethnic women, & women of color homogenize quite different experiences & can falsely universalize experiences across race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, & age."

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capitalist patriarchy

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sex segregated jobs

capitalism grew on top of patriarchy

if women are to be free, they must fight both

deep engrained in subconscious

internalized & grows out to personality structures

society's most deeply engrained habits

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standpoint

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major institutions only give recognition to men

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intersectionality theory

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is a methodology of studying "the relationships among multiple dimensions and modalities of social relationships and subject formations"

may be seen in two ways: one is to look at it from the point of view of the intersections in peoples lives in terms of the different positions they hold in relation to gender, race and class and other social categories. The second way of looking at intersections is not so much a question of finding out what inequalities exist and for whom, but to understand the processes involved.

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gender

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refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women.

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matrix of domination

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a sociological paradigm that explains issues of oppression that deal with race, class, and gender, which, though recognized as different social classifications, are all interconnected.