Feminism key thinkers

1.Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Feminism key thinkers

Maya Prabhakar, 13 W/Politics

2.Simone de Beauvoir

3.Kate Millett

4.Sheila Rowbotham

5. bell hooks

Feminist core thinkers

1. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

2. Simone de Beauvoir

3. Kate Millett

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)

1. Sex and the domestic economy -For women to survive in the household they have to utilise their sexuality (this is demeaning) 2. SOCIETAL PRESSURE -Women are expected to conform to societal roles which are entrenched in childhood, through advertising of toys

4. Sheila Rowbotham

5.bell hooks

Feminism core thinkers

1. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

2. Simone de beauvoir

3. Kate Millett

Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)

1. SEX VS GENDER Believed that there is more to being a woman than just biology- societal conditioning is also involved 2. OTHERNESS- Men are treated as 'the norm' in society whilst women are excluded by being the 'other' Pressures women to conform by attempting to be 'beautiful' (enforced by the patriarchy) to ensure that they are listened to and not ostricised

4. Sheila Rowbotham

5.bell hooks

Feminism core thinkers

1.Charlotte Perkins Gilman

2. Simone De Beauvoir

3.Kate Millett

Kate Millett (1934-2017)

1. FAMILY The structure of family should be radically reformed to ensure that a 'sexual revolution' occured -This is because women were not being treated as equals 2. PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN ART AND LITERATURE Patriarchal works enforced stereotypes and ensured that women continued to be demeaned & objectified

4.Sheila Rowbotham

5.bell hooks

Feminism core thinkers

1. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

2. Simone De Beauvoir

3.Kate Millett

Sheila Rowbotham (1943-)

1. CAPITALISM -This forces women to sell their labour to make money and is the basis for gender inequality 2. FAMILY -The structure of family and marriage (which 'closely resembles a feudalist structure') is another way in which women have to sell their labour- sexually to their husbands and maternally to their children -This is an attempt to breed workers which does not benefit the woman

4.Sheila Rowbotham

5.bell hooks

Feminism core thinkers

1.Charlotte Perkins Gilman

2.Simone De Beauvoir

3.Kate Millett

bell hooks (1952-2021)

1. WOMEN OF COLOUR -Believed that feminism had often disregarded the desires and needs of women of colour, brought this importance into main stream media 2. INTERSECTIONALITY -Women will experience the patriarchy differently due to different aspects of their identity (i.e. are they middle class, white, straight?) -This cause bell hooks to believe that different groups of women should be treated differently

4.Sheila Rowbotham

5.bell hooks