Feminist Views

(PostModern Philosophy)Woman & HERstory

( + Langauge)

Is this what you think of when you hear FEMINISM???

Then you are like him…

Feminism is about…

And feminist are…

&

feminisme

féminin -ism

Feminism (the term) was first used in…

&France & Netherlands

Charles FourierIt was

believed that he was the

first person to coin up this

term

(1789)

French Revolution

It lead to the…

Three (3) Waves of Feminism

First wave...

Aimed forWOMEN SUFFRAGE(19 th – early 20th century)

Second wave...

WOMEN’s LIBERATION MOVEMENT – legal and social equality

(1960 s)

Third wave...Global issues were addressed…(rape, incest, prostitution, female genital mutilation) (1990 s - onwards)

SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

She somehow paved way for the “waves”

Now let’s talk about different feminisms…

Or Feminist EmpiricismEqual opportunity (w/o altering SOCIETY’S STRUCTURE)

OR SIMPLY“LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD”

Then there’s…

-TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF SOCIETY

But NOW… we have… (our topic for today)

From the ideas of…

Foucalt, de Beauvior, Derrida and Lacan

Post Modern Feminismis the ULTIMATE ACCEPTOR

OF DIVERSITY;accepting MULTIPLE truths,

roles and realities.

WHAT IS THE“ESSENCE OF BEING A WOMAN?

For POSTMODERN FEMINISTS…

There is no ESSENTIAL NATURE OF WOMEN/ONE-WAY TO BE A WOMAN

Postmodern Feminist had a problem with

Especially with our…

Patriarchal Language

According to…Her idea is that

empowering women literaturewill change the rules that govern

the thinking processand the structure of society.

According to…

“we have to create a GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE.”

Lucy Irigay

According to…

Use of language is

crucialJudith Butler

Patriarchal language inhibits the growth and progress of the Female

Race…

Presented by: DE GUZMAN,MIA MILAGROS T.III-17 BSE ENGLISH

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