Feminism

a general view of society according to which men have tended to dominate women; women are deserving of equal legal and political standing and deserving of equal pay for equal work of value
1- what are the causes (historically or currently) of women subordination
2- what might be done to address those women's subordinate position within society
(1.)  classical or liberal femenism - social has an obligation to guarentee equality, for all of its citizens specifically equal educational/ occupational oppurtunity
(2.) psychoanhalitic femenism - The causes of women subordination are early childhood socialization
(3) marxist femenist : The causes of women subordination are socio economic by reference to the means of production
production - women will remain subordinate until the enter the workforce in mas
childcare of domestic work have to become socialized
(4) radical femenis : The causes of women subordination are biological and sexual - their sexual and reproduction lives they will remain subordinate
difference feminism80's
many women reported - success in the male dominated andro-centric workplace required them to sacrafice their " feminine" values
do men/women want different things?
Do they value different things and in different ways?
John stewart mill: 1808 - 1873
men and women may have differing abilities and capabilities but both ar equally representing of the human species and deserving of equal respect
difference - doesn't imply deficency
maleness has always benn assumed to be a proxy for being human - male ways of thinking, being and purposive doing are seen as normal and definetive of human kind
female distinct ways of thinking, benig and purposive doing
gilligan
Kholberg - moral development
Heinz Dilema
1- The dilema
2 - 2 kids responses ( jake,amy)
3 - kholbergs interpertation
4- gilligans reinterpertation
and her response to kholberg
heinz is married, his wife is sick
there is medecine available
but heinz cannot afford it
should heinz steal the drug
kholberg:
jake - yes , deals with as a math problem - a competition between principle life vs profit
reason look - universilisibility
Amy
?, emphasizes, relationships, communication, comprimise
Giloigan
Amy: ethic of care, emphasizes a maintanance of relationships
care, communication, comprimise
fe,ale, typical ethic
Jake: ethic of justice: principles, reason, logic, competition
male typical ethic
noddings: emphasizes relationships
natural caring: the reaction which we care for another out of love or natural inclination
ethical caring: arises out of natural caring the relation in which a person encounters another morally
grimshaw : one cannot appeal to a suposed autonomus or distinct realm of female values
1. consider the evil structures inflict law stranctrors
2. determine on a destinct set of values may actually harm woman
grimeshaw - the idea of a femal ethic
1. what does the identified " diff" with difference femanism ( gilligan and nodding) may?
A. gender essentialism the femenism does not imply essentialism about the difference
B. Rather questions about morality are approached from a unspaw commonly "female" in 2 way (p.76) However, grimeshaw raises some important questions for gilligan new
1. differences in how men and women adjudicate moral disputes ( p.88)
2. womens exp. gemerates an Act set of values p. 89-90
there is no such thing as a female ethic contrary to noddings and gilligan
mary midgely
we can only understand our own culture to make judgements about it ( opposes this view) - moral isolationists
moral isolationism is an impossible position
does the isolating barrier - block praise and blame
Grimeshaw : female psyche which might rise like a phonix from the ashes of male - dominated culture and share the world : daily
women participate in activities that devalve themselves
" women are emotional and incapable of reason ( not her view) maybe there is a deficancy in male reasoning which is highlighted by the female reasoning
caring and mothering others could be seen as a virtue compared to the destructive view of men
Nodding: when we do things because we want to we are acting in accord with natural caring like a mother who cares for their child