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Feminism
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- 13 Types of feminists?-Postmodern
- Empiricism
- Standpoint - 2What do Post modern feminists believe?- Knowledge is culturally constructed and therefore unstable, which can lead to multiple truths, therefore the basis of knowledge must be challenged.
- 3Who do Postmodern feminists oppose and why?Standpoint feminists, because they try to generalise women's experience despite the diversity.
- 4What is a criticism of post-modern feminists?Anti-essentialism- Traditional ideals/skills should be taught to all students regardless to need/ability.
- 5Standpoint feminists believe...- A lot of knowledge can be gathered from female experiences and 'herstories'
- It is not enough for culture and structure to 'insert' women - 6S.F Looks intoFemale oppression and abuse
- 7Key people of S.F-Hartsock
-Smith - 8What are the criticism of standpoint feminism?There are no concrete women 'experience' to gather knowledge from; women are too diverse to generalise.
- 9Empiricism believe...-Women are excluded, omitted and misrepresented in research- research is sexist and bias.
- 'Chivalry thesis' -Women are treated differently to men, less likely to be arrested, prosecuted and are given more lenient sentences. - 10Criticism of empiricism feminism-Claim to be objective of 'malestream' criminology, yet fail to take into account both sexes.
- Men are used as yard sticks
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- University Criminology Flashcards on Feminism , created by Bored Pidgeon on 04/05/2015.
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