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decided to end the marriage by suing Caroline for divorce and Lord Melbourne for “criminal conversation” – adultery.
Criminal conversation is such a wild term.
Meanwhile, in the US the fight for abolishing slavery was gaining momentum, and activists for women’s suffrage were still allying their cause to that of the abolitionists.
Smh. White women piggy-backing on the struggles of black people has historical precedent.
Once the vote was won in Britain and the US, few feminists remained active.
Why did the movement down? Was it because they got all they wanted?
Second wave feminists adopted and adapted De Beauvoir’s reasoning that women’s oppression lay in their socially constructed status of Other to men.
Humanist feminists argue that both men and women are being forced into socially-constructed masculine and feminine roles which hinder the development of their authentic selves.
Its fascinating that there are all these types of feminism. Its all often categorised into one amorphous group, as if every feminist thinks and believes the same things.
Patriarchy is responsible for constructing a social system which ascribes a particular sexual status, role and temperament for each gender, hence ensuring the sex/gender hierarchy. As a result, “masculine” traits are attributed to dominant social roles while “feminine” is associated with submission and dependence.
The central concern of black feminist thought is the inseparability of race and gender. Most black feminists refuse to see themselves as women first and foremost.
