Difference between revisions of "Feminism"
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*There is an “anything goes” type of approach when trying to reach what the definition is | *There is an “anything goes” type of approach when trying to reach what the definition is | ||
**Any type of woman who wants to be just as socially equal as men could be labeled a feminist | **Any type of woman who wants to be just as socially equal as men could be labeled a feminist | ||
| − | *Many | + | *Many times when we try and define feminism it is usually “liberal in origin and focus on the individual woman’s rights to freedom and self-determination” (Hooks 239) |
*Struggle to end sexist oppression” (Hooks 240) | *Struggle to end sexist oppression” (Hooks 240) | ||
*It is not supposed to just benefit a specific group, race, or class of woman | *It is not supposed to just benefit a specific group, race, or class of woman | ||
Revision as of 10:57, 16 February 2016
- “Feminism seems to be a term without any clear significance” (Hooks 239)
- There is an “anything goes” type of approach when trying to reach what the definition is
- Any type of woman who wants to be just as socially equal as men could be labeled a feminist
- Many times when we try and define feminism it is usually “liberal in origin and focus on the individual woman’s rights to freedom and self-determination” (Hooks 239)
- Struggle to end sexist oppression” (Hooks 240)
- It is not supposed to just benefit a specific group, race, or class of woman
- It does not privilege women over men
- Feminism is more of a type of movement
- “...as a movement to end sexist oppression directs our attention to systems of domination and the inter-relatedness of sex, race, and class oppression” (Hooks 240)*“Feminism is DIY: a form of self-assembly” (Ahmed)
- It helps you to make sense that something is wrong (Ahmed)
- Way of challenging the universal (Ahmed)
- Is a lot of pieces put together (Feministskilljoy)
- “Can be empowering as it is a way of reinhabiting the past” (Feministkilljoy)
- Also allow for reinhabiting of your own body (Feministkilljoy)
- Hard to define just one aspect of feminism “A central problem with feminist discourse has been our inability to to either arrive at a consensus of opinion about what feminism is or accept definitions that can serve as points of unification” (Hooks 238)
- A movement to make women the “social equals of men.” (Hooks 238) In addition, there are other types of equality that feminism seeks.
- People often see it as a “radical political movement,” but it is not necessarily that (Hooks 238)
- In the future, feminism must be “solidly based on a recognition of need to eradicate the underlying cultural basis and causes of sexism and other forms of group oppression” (Hooks 240)
References: bell hooks, “Feminism: a movement to end sexist oppression” / "Feminist Consciousness." / Feministkilljoys. N.p., 18 Oct. 2015. Web. 16 Feb. 2016.
