Feminisms - 3.ppt

Feminisms - 3 1. womens positions in patriarchal society and discourses 2. history of feminist movement writings 3. Feminisms and Gender Studies: Radical Feminism, French Feminism, Post-Feminism, Lesbian Feminism, Taiwanese Feminisms Outline The Basic Issue: Sex/Gender/Sexuality Post-Feminism Gay and Lesbian Studies Gender difference 1. Are men and women born different? Or taught to be different? 2. How do women challenge patriarchy? essential difference challenging the hierarchy (different but equal, reversing it) or separativism constructed difference challenging or blurring the boundaries Central Issues in Contemporary Feminisms A. 60’s -70’s -- Women’s Studies: Women’s 1) biological: body (lesbianism;anti-pornography mov) 2) social and psychological: experience and social position (last week) 3) linguistic: writing (last, this next week) B. 80’s – Gender Studies 1) biological-psychoanalytic (French fem) 2) cultural 1) gender difference 2) gender constructions (this week) 3) gay and lesbian studies (briefly this week) Gender/Sex/Sexuality But how about sexual difference? Sexuality (): sexual orientation, sexual behavior ? more . . . Gender/Sex/Sexuality Gender: social construction of “femininity” and “masculinity” Sex: biological differences between “female” and “male” --Does it determine ever