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  1. Oct 2023
    1. defining what it means to be a woman is a form of control and power

      postmodern = power in definitions

    2. which suggests that different gendered subjectivities lead to different knowledge

      nature vs nurture

    3. rather than relying on traditional methods dominated by men

      dismantling embedded structures of patriarchy in knowledge production

    1. feminist politics should embrace diversity and coalition building

      merge into one feminism?

    2. but rather on our individual and collective needs.

      depends what ideological lens you are looking through

    3. European-based

      different views of gender- less binary in non Europe

    4. less than fully human

      who counts as a political subject

    5. These changes in thinking about the body were influenced by cultural shifts related to industrialization and the differentiation of domestic and public spheres.
    6. The text criticizes the idea that sex identity is fixed and universal across cultures, instead suggesting that it is influenced by specific historical and cultural beliefs
    7. human character

      questions of human nature- important part of politics to question it- political ideology.

    8. retain positive aspects of feminism while eliminating negative ones

      idea that we need to change feminism to move with the times and gender to be more complex than originally thought- layers of feminism, developed through time

    9. cluding those construc male" bodies from "male" bodies.

      gender is a social construction which could be constructed based on ideologies