Feminist Diversity

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the concepts of self, sexuality, and relationships referencing Gloria Wekker's work, "The Politics of Passion", to explain how important women's notions of self, sexuality, and relationships are to understanding women's liberation, resistance, and domination in society.

Outline:
Introduction
Self, Sexuality and Relationships
Passion Leads to Liberation
Paradigm of Power
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Wekker suggests that while many people associate women's "mati work" or kinship as negative, in part because it produces an "unequal sex ratio and unpleasant experiences and disappointments with men," (p. 172) there are many upsides to these relationships for women, none the least of which is not having to worry about getting pregnant (although mati women freely engage in heterosexual relations to produce children if they want). Overall Wekker demonstrates that the dominant paradigms that exist about women and their kinship do not take into consideration the number of women who make positive choices and decisions in their lives that empower them emotionally, "sexually and economically" when they are involved most intimately with other women rather than with men. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Beagan, Brenda. (2001). Micro inequities and everyday inequalities: "Race," gender, sexuality and class in medical school. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 26(4): 583.
• Wekker, Gloria. (2006). Politics of Passion. New York: Columbia University Press.

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