Human Person in Society - Feminism

Men are rational creatures who want to pursue their individual interests

The state should be a neutral enitity

Public sphere, not the private sphere, should be regulated

Give women power in the public sphere, and to incorporate them into public life

Extend liberalism's consideration towards women

A future where people are judged by merit rather than gender

Hunter-gatherer society

Women's labor was tied to the survival of society, thus they were more important

Society was matrilineal in nature

Upon the invention of agriculture and livestock rearing, men took hold of the means of production and amassed wealth

Family developed as a way to gain and pass down property

Women's worth were tied to the household

"Man fucks woman; subject verb object."

Distinction of male culture vs. female culture in society, where male culture is dominant

Power differential between men and women, as practiced in heterosexuality, should be eradicated

Forced marriage

Forced pregnancy

Lack of freedom of choice for women's reproductive capacity

Originally coined by Argentinian feminist philosopher Maria Lugones

Influenced by the rise of the approach of intersectionality and the concept of modernity/coloniality

Protests against the European/Westernized mainstream concept of gender

Gender as we know it today is based on European understanding of gender

Colonization erased existing ways of life, cosmology, and sense of identity

Some indigenous cultures had different sense of identity, sex, and gender; some had no social category for gender at all