Sylvia Walby (Leaving Cert Politics and Society): Flashcards
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Sylvia Walby's profession & nationality
Sylvia Walby's profession & nationality
British feminist sociologist
Year Walby became UNESCO chair of Gender Research
Year Walby became UNESCO chair of Gender Research
2008
Walby's definition of patriarchy
Walby's definition of patriarchy
System of social structures & practices where men dominate, oppress & exploit women
First wave feminism's main focus
First wave feminism's main focus
Achieving suffrage (right to vote)
Second wave feminism's famous slogan
Second wave feminism's famous slogan
The Personal is Political
Third wave feminism's key recognition
Third wave feminism's key recognition
Diversity among women; links race & global consciousness
Liberal feminism's approach to equality
Liberal feminism's approach to equality
Equal opportunity via political & economic participation
Socialist/Marxist feminism's core argument
Socialist/Marxist feminism's core argument
Gender issues cannot be separated from economics
Number of patriarchy structures (Walby)
Number of patriarchy structures (Walby)
Six structures
Where private patriarchy operates
Where private patriarchy operates
In the household; one patriarch dominates
Where public patriarchy operates
Where public patriarchy operates
In the public world/workplace
Shift in Western societies re: patriarchy
Shift in Western societies re: patriarchy
From private to public patriarchy
Walby's view of women in patriarchy
Walby's view of women in patriarchy
Active agents of change, not passive victims