FEMINIST THEORY

IS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE GENERAL MOVEMENT TO

EMPOWER WOMEN WORLDWIDE.
IT AIMS TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF GENDER
INEQUALITY.
FEMINIST FIGHT FOR THE EQUALITY OF WOMEN AND
ARGUE THAT WOMEN SHOULD SHARE EQUALLY IN
SOCIETY’S OPPORTUNITIES AND SCARCE RESOURCES.
THREE WAVES IN DESCRIBING THE HISTORY OF FEMINISM:
FIRST WAVE OF FEMINISM TALKS ABOUT WOMEN SUFFRAGE OR
HAVING THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
SECOND WAVE OF FEMINISM BROADENED THE DEBATE TO A
WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES: SEXUALLY, FAMILY, THE WORKPLACE,
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, DE FACTO INEQUALITIES AND OFFICIAL
LEGAL INEQUALITIES.
THIRD WAVE FEMINISM REFERS TO SEVERAL DIVERSE STRAINS
OF FEMINIST ACTIVITY AND STUDY.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF FEMINIST THEORY
1. LIBERAL FEMINISM- THIS IS THE VARIETY OF FEMINISM
THAT WORKS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF MAINSTREAM
SOCIETY TO INTEGRATE INTO THAT STRUCTURE.
2. MARXIST FEMINISM- INEQUALITY ON GENDER IS
BASED ON DIVISION OF LABOR.
3. RADICAL FEMINISM- MALE POWER IS ALWAYS BASED
FROM SOCIAL RELATION AND INTERACTION.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF FEMINIST THEORY
4. SOCIALIST FEMINISM- WOMEN ARE INFERIOR BECAUSE OF
CLASS BASED CAPITALISM.
5. POSTMODERN FEMINISM- WOMEN ATTEMPT TO CHANGE AND
TO CRITICIZE THE DOMINANT ORDER OR THE MODERN
THOUGHT.
GENDER- THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE AN INDIVIDUAL’S PERSONAL
SEXUAL IDENTITY REGARDLESS OF THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX.
GENDER INEQUALITY- IS THE OCCURRENCE OF DISCRIMINATION AND
OPPRESSION BASED ON THE GENDER OF A PERSON.
HERMANEUTICAL PHENOMENOLOGY
EXAMINES HOW HUMAN MEANINGS ARE DEPOSITED
AND MEDIATED THROUGH MYTH, RELIGION, ART AND
LANGUAGE.

HANS GADAMER AND PAUL RICOEUR

THEY ARE THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO STUDIED
HERMENEUTIC PHENOMENOLOGY.
HERMANEUTICS
IS A THEORY, METHODOLOGY AND PRAXIS OF
INTERPRETATION THAT IS GEARED TOWARDS THE RECAPTURING
OF MEANING OF A TEXT, OR A TEXT ANALOGUE.
COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD “HERMENEUEIN” WHICH
MEANS TO INTERPRET.

PHENOMENOLOGY
IS THE STUDY OF EXPERIENCES AND CONSCIOUSNESS.
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM
IS AN INTEGRATED SCIENTIFIC FRAMEWORK FOR
STUDYING THE INTERFACE AND RECIPROCAL
INTERACTIONS THAT LINK HUMAN TO NATURAL SUB-
SYSTEMS OF THE PLANET.

ENVIRONMENT
IS A COMPLEX OF MANY VARIABLES WHICH
SURROUNDS MAN AS WELL AS THE LIVING
ORGANISMS.
SYSTEM
MAY BE DESCRIBED AS A COMPLEX OF INTERACTING
COMPONENTS TOGETHER WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS
AMONG THEM THAT PERMIT THE IDENTIFICATION OF A
BOUNDARY- MAINTAINING ENTITY OR PROCESS.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Human Actions
HUMAN OVERPOPULATION
INTENSIVE FARMING
EXHAUSIVE LAND USE
HYDROLOGY
Environmental Issues/ Effects
• WATER SCARCITY
• LAND RECLAMATION & DEGREDATION
• WASTE DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT
• URBANIZATION & INDUSTRIALIZATION
• PESTICIDE DRIFT
• DEFORESTATION
• SLASH & BURN
• INTENSIVE CROP FARMING
• LAND DEGREDATION
• LAND POLLUTION
• HABITAT DESTRUCTION
• TILE DRAINAGE
• FLOODING
• LANDSLIDE