Society
Intersectionality
-critique the 2nd wave as generalise women’s experiences + focus on white, MC women.
-argued the universal approach overlooked unique + varied experiences of e.g. WOC, wc women.
-promote it as highlights that women’s oppression intersects with other categories.
-they promote inclusion of voices + perspectives from all groups who are marginalised in many ways so the feminist movement addresses needs + oppression of all women.
-bell hooks states feminists should understand how race, capitalist exploitation + class oppression inherently link to gender inequality + support solutions that address poverty and racism
What wave
post-modern feminism is the…
3rd wave
Human nature
Less fixed understanding of gender
-and what it means to be a woman as they emphasise that diversity + multiple identities exist within womanhood. Argue gender is a spectrum of identities that intersect with other aspects of one’s life e.g. race and class.
-challenged earlier waves as generalise white, MC women’s experiences under a broad notion of sisterhood.
bell hooks on human nature
-women’s experiences shouldn’t be universalised but there should be a focus on solidarity
between women + other groups facing oppression in different ways.
-alliances be built between groups with differences in order to work together + build a more inclusive movement so systems of oppression can be challenged + dismantled.
