Feminism has come a long way to give women the rights they currently have; receive an in-depth understanding of the history of feminism and its relevance nowadays.
This course guides students through key events in feminist history. Starting from the ‘first wave’ of feminism introduced by Mary Wollstonecraft in the Victorian Era, students read and discuss key feminist extracts from texts such as The Second Sex and The Yellow Wallpaper. These Forster their understanding of how the fight for equality has changed over past century, and how feminist priorities have shifted. Students learn about the patriarchy and how it manifests in the contemporary world, as well as exploring all the mechanisms which have been used to subjugate women in the past.
The key elements of womanhood which will be discussed are: female bodies in media, the historical stigma of virginity, motherhood, medicalization of the womb, fear and control of women and women in the workplace.
The course will also touch upon gender theory, and critically evaluate womanhood through the eyes of transgender women, lesbian women and the LGBTQ+ community at large.
Course Content
10 LESSONS
10 HOURS Total Length
Lesson 1
Fight for Women, Fight for Everyone
60 minutes
Lesson 2
The Patriarchy Through the Ages
60 minutes
Lesson 3
Damsels in Distress: Sexism in Fairy Tales and Folklore
60 minutes
Lesson 4
Mary Wollstonecraft’s ‘Vindication of Rights of Women’
60 minutes
Lesson 5
Victorian Women vs. Medicine: Charlotte Gilman Perkins’ ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’
60 minutes
Lesson 6
Myths and Reality of Womanhood: Simone De Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’
60 minutes
Lesson 7
The Monstrous Mother
60 minutes
Lesson 8
A Sexist Language
60 minutes
Lesson 9
What’s the cure? Exploring Helène Cixous’ ‘The Laugh of Medusa’
60 minutes
Lesson 10
You Can’t Unsee It
60 minutes
Key Skills
Exploring Feminist Approaches
Philosophical Analysis
Philosophical Movements
Evaluating Philosophical Arguments
Social Psychology Theories
Educator
Katerina T
All-Round Educator
With 3 years of teaching experience within schools, Katerina has taught English Language and Literature to a wide range of pupils for GCSE and A-levels. Alongside this, she has also been teaching philosophy, science and English as a foreign language to students at all stages of language acquisition and has prepared numerous A-level pupils for university applications.
