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Contemporary Feminist Theory
Modern Sociological Theory

Learning Objectives


 

discuss the major tenets of feminist theory and explain why it is distinct from other sociological theories;

 

discuss the basic questions that feminist theorists ask and the different ways that feminist theorists have answered these questions;

 

understand the historical roots of feminist theory, including the concerns of the first, second, and third Waves of feminist theorists;

 

discuss the four basic varieties of feminist theory: gender difference, gender inequality, gender oppression, and structural oppression, and the different perspectives that constitute each of these theories;

 

discuss the relationship between feminism and postmodernism; and

 

discuss the five distinctive features of feminist sociological theory.