Feminist Theories by

Susan Bordo

arolf6 — 2025-04-20 23:08:33 UTC

Susan Bordo wrote about the the relationship between feminism and women's bodies, in her excerpt, "The Body And The Reproduction Of Femininity." In this exceprt she focuses closely on how the female body is created based off of societal norms. She claims that feminine interests in makeup, fashion, dieting, or plast surgery is not based off of personal desires, but the desire to fit into society. She continues to explain that the idea of femninity (skinny, delicate, girly, etc.) is created by society to push women into subjection.

Sandra Lee Bartky

arolf6 — 2025-04-20 23:09:02 UTC

Sandra Lee Bartky also wrote an excerpt in regards to feminism and the body called, "Focault, Femininity, And The Modernization of Patriarchial Power." Bartky speaks on the role of masculinity in creating the bodily sterortypes that affects women. She explains that women are trained to maintain specific feminine ideals throguh the use of grooming, make-up, and dieting. However, she added to the agruement that society causes this feminine pressure in women, but also patriarchic structures also contribute to these pressures. She even goes as far to say that even if the societla pressure vanished, woman would still continue to try to achieve "femininity" due to being conditioned by the patriarchy.

Does the Body Really Matter for Feminism?

arolf6 — 2025-04-20 23:10:02 UTC

Feminist Boys are our Future Men

arolf6 — 2025-04-20 23:10:36 UTC

This video speaks on the importance of raising boys to become feminist men in regards to bettering the life and treatment of women

Female Body Obsession

arolf6 — 2025-04-20 23:11:39 UTC

This video talks about the issue of the obsession over women's bodies.

Men's Rights vs. Feminism

arolf6 — 2025-04-20 23:12:28 UTC

This video dives into the arguement between feminists and men's rights activists.

A Century of Men in Feminism

arolf6 — 2025-04-20 23:13:19 UTC

On Masculinities, Bodies, and History

arolf6 — 2025-04-20 23:13:54 UTC

What is Masculinity?

arolf6 — 2025-04-20 23:14:40 UTC

Masculinity is the social expectations of being a man. This can take prescence in bodily, social, and cultural pressures. Masculinity can be seen everywhere in everyday life and can take a positive and negative form.

How does the female body relate to feminism?

arolf6 — 2025-04-20 23:15:44 UTC

Feminism focuses on the equal treatment of women in all areas of life. One main point of the feminism movement, is redefining what femininity is. One main focus point of this is the over subjection of female bodies.

arolf6 — 2025-04-21 01:13:29 UTC

Bartky, Sandra Lee. “Focault, Femininity, and the Modernization of Patriarchial Power.” Feminism and Foucault: Path of Resistance, 1988, pp. 312–16.
Bordo, Susan. “The Body and the Reproduction of Femininity.” Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body, 1993, pp. 321–26.
Feminism, in. “Next Gen Men.” Next Gen Men, 18 Oct. 2022, www.nextgenmen.ca/blog/men-feminism-history. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
Intelligence Squared. “Does the Body Really Matter for Feminism? - Victoria Smith | Intelligence Squared.” YouTube, 24 July 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbtGn1bPrik. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
jubilee. “Men’s Rights vs Feminism: Is Toxic Masculinity Real?” YouTube, YouTube Video, 1 Dec. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOUGNGWmN0k.
maria. “On Masculinities, Bodies and History.” Idees, 25 Nov. 2021, revistaidees.cat/en/on-masculinities-bodies-and-history/.
TEDx Talks. “Raising Conscious Boys in an Unconscious World | Bobbi Wegner | TEDxWolfeboro.” YouTube, 21 Aug. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kL2nbQTTEU. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
---. “We Need to Talk about the Obsession with the Female Body | Maartje Laterveer | TEDxAmsterdamWomen.” YouTube, 7 Dec. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=99DK3-m1gUw. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.