Feminist theory

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Themes & Theories in International Relations
6. A silenced majority?
C. Feminist theory
Feminist theory
‘Added’ women where previously invisible in the study or IR
Feminist theory came to IR in the 1980 and 1990s (it is not of IR)
Focus = exploitation of women & gendered relations of power
Gender = essential category of analysis to understand exclusion
Gender as mode of analysis exposed much IR as patriarchal
International system constituted by constructed gender hierarchies
Shares much with critical theory & focus on theorising from bottom-up
Feminism and security
Gendered dichotomies
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