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asked • 02/26/21Describe how third-wave feminism changed perceptions about gender and sex
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Carrie D. answered • 09/01/21
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Additionally, third wave feminism incorporated post-modernism with writers such as Judith Butler and Wendy Brown criticizing the very concepts of womanhood and problematizing biological sex. Butler invited us to pay attention to transgender, intersex, and gender non-binary identities that undermine the idea of biological sex. Wendy Brown used postmodernism to criticize second wave feminism for it's static and sometimes victimizing imagery of womanhood. Finally, third wave feminism problematized ideas about women's sexuality that were visible in the anti-pornography movement spearheaded by Catherine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin. Opposing that movement were feminists who called themselves "pro-sex" and pointed out that women who watch pornography or work in sex industries are not passive in their sexual identities and behaviors. They sought to eradicate sexual shame for women.
Lauren W. answered • 04/06/21
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One of the most important things about third-wave feminist that it embraced diversity. Unlike the second-wave feminist text The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan which put focus on wealthy, white women, third-wave feminist sought to be more inclusive. This makes a lot of sense when you think about its beginnings. It was born in the 1960s and 1970s during the Civil Rights Era.
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Sorita D.
Third-wave feminism is an iteration of the feminist movement. It began in the United States in the early 1990s and continued until the rise of the fourth wave in the 2010s. Born in the 1960s and 1970s as members of Generation X and grounded in the civil-rights advances of the second wave, third-wave feminists embraced individualism in women and diversity and sought to redefine what it meant to be a feminist. The third wave saw the emergence of new feminist currents and theories, such as intersectionality, sex positivity, vegetarian ecofeminism, transfeminism, and postmodern feminism. According to feminist scholar Elizabeth Evans, the "confusion surrounding what constitutes third-wave feminism is in some respects its defining feature."Some reformists have been accused of pursuing reform merely for its own sake. Describing what he called toothless reform, Frederick Hess, who has studied school reform, observed: “The problem with the dismal results of extensive reform efforts is with the nature of the reform enterprise itself. Instead of solving problems, these reform efforts have become alluring distractions that have actually aggravated” the problems they were supposed to solve. He continues: “Because each regime tends to initiate new reforms, the entire process starts anew every few years.”Many women also became disciples of Jesus. Some traveled with him when he went to other cities to preach. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Susanna did that. They may also have helped to prepare his meals and wash his clothes.—Luke 8:1-3. A growing trend in today’s world is reflected in the attitudes that those three once had. Violent independence movements flourish, political divisions become more entrenched, and in many countries, foreigners are subjected to growing animosity. As the Bible foretold, people of all sorts are “not open to any agreement” during these last days. (2 Tim. 3:1, 3) While the world becomes more divided, how can Christians safeguard their unity? We can learn much by examining how Jesus handled a situation in the first century when the land was unsettled by political turmoil.Regarding political and military controversies, the disciples maintained strict neutrality. In 66 C.E., the Jews in Judea revolted against Caesar. The Roman army quickly surrounded Jerusalem. What did Christians in the city do? They remembered Jesus’ counsel to get out of the city. When the Romans temporarily withdrew, the Christians fled across the Jordan River into the mountainous region of Pella. (Luke 21:20-24) Their neutrality serves as a pattern for faithful Christians later.10/19/21