1. AN INTRODUCTION: THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT AND FEMINIST THEORY
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2. THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT
PURPOSE = to establish and defend equal political, economic, and social rights for women
Includes three ‘waves’

3. FIRST WAVE FEMINISM
The Suffrage Movement (late nineteenth to early twentieth century)

4. SECOND WAVE FEMINISM
Women’s Liberation Movement (1960s and 1970s)

5. THIRD WAVE FEMINISM
Reaction to failures of the Second Wave (starts in 1990s, and is ongoing)

6. FEMINIST THEORY
Emerges from feminist movements (specifically of the 1960s and 1970s)
MAIN GOAL: to achieve political, social, and economic equality for women
Used as a theory in many disciplines (literary studies, history, political science, philosophy, psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc)

7. WHAT DO FEMINIST THEORISTS DO?
Try to explain women’s subordination, and find ways to end it

8. TYPES OF FEMINISTS
Different types of feminists do not agree on the reasons for subordination, or how to overcome it

9. LIBERAL FEMINISTS
removing legal obstacles will overcome women’s subordination

10. MARXIST/SOCIALIST FEMINISTS
look at women’s subordination in the work place i.e. Double Burden

11. POST-COLONIAL/POST-STRUCTURAL FEMINISTS
the experiences of women should not be generalized
women experience subordination differently depending on their race, class, and gender

12. WHAT FEMINISTS THINK OF GENDER
Gender (both masculine and feminine) is socially constructed
Masculine characteristics are valued over feminine characteristics
Gender signifies an unequal power relationship between men and women

13. FEMINISM AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Think of the cases of Rehtaeh Parsons and Amanda Todd
What might a feminist have to say about these cases?
What might a feminist have to say about women and social media in general?