Week 9 is about feminism and the ideas underpinning it.

Please view the video by Gemma Outen on feminism. Then in groups or with the person next to you discuss the questions below. After you have come to some conclusions go to the discussion board on feminism (link at the bottom of this page) and make a contribution to the discussion:

1. What is feminism?

2. Why do you think the campaign to obtain votes for women has come to dominate representations of first wave feminism?

3. What were the contradictions for women between the private and public sphere? Do you think these contradictions still exist?

4. Is feminism still relevant?