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Gender Resistance & Gender Revolution Feminisms
Gender Resistance & Gender Revolution Feminisms
Gender Resistance & Gender Revolution Feminisms
REVOLUTION FEMINISMS
Gender Resistance Feminisms
◻ As gender reform feminisms made inroads into the public consciousness in
the 1970s and women entered formerly all-men workplaces and schools
◻ They became more and more aware of constant and everyday put-downs -
◻ These "micro-inequities" of everyday life crystallize into a pattern that insidiously wears
women down.
Gender Resistance Feminisms
▪ Focus on how women’s ideas and experiences are different
for men and women
▪ Urge women to break away form male dominance by
forming separate, women only organizations and
communities.
1. Radical feminism: focus on the sexual exploitation of
women by men, especially violence
2. Lesbian feminism: same as above
3. Psychoanalytic feminism: uses Freud theory to explain
gender inequality
4. Standpoint feminism: attempts to examine all aspects of
life from a women’s unique standpoint.
Psychoanalytic Feminism
◻ The lens of psyche
◻ Influence: Freud, the psychoanalytic movement, including object
relations theory
◻ Key concepts: sexuality, the Oedipus complex, id, ego,
superego
◻ Explanation: women's oppression is tied to the manner in which
she resolves the Oedipus complex
Psychoanalytic Feminism
◻ Prescription: altering parenting habits, re-conceptualizing the oedipal
stage; women must gain insight into how their psychic lives-especially their
sexual lives—were structured while they were still infants.