fEMINIST

THEORY
 What is feminism?
• Studies gender and its relation to power and the dynamics these two
concepts that play out in economics, politics, sexuality, race, and
nationality among others.
• Aims to promote gender equality, social justice, and women’s
rights.
• The primary concern is to address the oppression of women in the
society and the patriarchal structure of most societies.
 EXAMPLE
ECONOMICA political sexual
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3 WAVES OF
FEMINISM
 19TH AND Challenged the legal issues
EARLY concerning women
2OTH CENTURY

Women surrendered their

properties to their husbands, not
allowed to hold public office, and
were not given the rights to
suffrage
 19TH AND Advocated their right to
EARLY choose their own
2OTH CENTURY profession

World War 1:
Men were sent to battlefield leaving
the women on factory jobs. This
development showed that women
are more productive than men
1960 up to 1980 • Civil rights movement
• Encompassed women of all
economic classes, races, and
nationalities

• Tried to address sexual equality

& reproductive rights
• Objectification of Women
(beauty pageants)
 late 1980 up to the
present

• Emphasized the difference of Gender and

Sex
• Eradication on the concept of rape culture
• Embraced the symbol of Feminism and
intensified its meaning in the society
TYPES OF
FEMINISM
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FEMINISM
• Also called mainstream feminism
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• A main branch of feminism defined by its EDUCAT
focus on achieving gender equality
through political and legal reform within
the framework of liberal democracy
 MARXIST
FEMINISM
Built on the tenets of Marxism
particularly on the critique of
how women’s oppression and
necessary to the development of
capitalism
 RADICAL
FEMINISM
A theoretical and political perspective
that focuses on the domination of women
by men. This domination is viewed as the
most fundamental form of human
oppression that occurs in all societies,
regardless of class, race, or ethnicity
Example:
 GROUP ACTIVITY
Students are expected to cite instances of gender
inequality in the following areas:

Group 1 – Family
Group 2 – School
Group 3 – Market
Group 4 – Church
Group 5 - Government
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