Feminist geography is an approach to study in human geography which applies the theories, methods and critiques of feminism to the study of the human environment, society and geographical space. You can never know if or if not it is correct. Population density by country, 2006 Human geography is a branch of geography that focuses on the systematic study of patterns and processes that shape human interaction with the environment, with particular reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity on the Earths surface. ... Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerned with the experiences of women. ...

Areas of study

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There are a number of strands to feminist geography, which are not completely distinct, and include:

• Geographic differences in gender relations and gender equality
• The geography of women - spatial constraints, welfare geography
• The construction of gender identity through the use and nature of spaces and places
• Geographies of sexuality/Queer geography
• Childhood and youth studies

In addition to its analysis of the real world, it also critiques existing geographical and social studies, arguing that academic traditions are deliniated by patriarchy, and that contemporary studies which do not confront the nature of previous work reinforce the masculinist bias of academic study. The word gender describes the state of being male, female, or neither. ... Image of a woman on the Pioneer plaque sent to outer space. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Gaps is a solitaire card game where the arrangement of cards from Deuce (a Two card) to King is the object. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: it is patent nonsense. ... Look up Sex on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A sex is one of two specimen categories of species that recombine their genetic material in order to reproduce, a process called genetic recombination. ... Childhood (song) Childhood is a broad term usually applied to the phase of development in humans between infancy and adulthood. ... Popular use of the word youth refers to a person who is neither an adult nor a child, but somewhere in between, scientifically referred to as an adolescent and, in most English speaking countries, commonly referred to as a teen or teenager. ... Social studies is the study of history, geography, civics, sociology, economics, and other social science subjects in primary and secondary schools in North America. ... Patriarchy (from Greek: pater (genitive form patris, showing the root patr-), meaning father and arché meaning rule) is the anthropological term used to define the sociological condition where male members of a society tend to predominate in positions of power; with the more powerful the position, the more likely it... Masculism (also referred to as masculinism) is a number of ideologies found in the streams of the mens movement. ...

Examples

A simple example would be to consider the way that urban planning has a gender dimension with the expectation that men travel to a distant location for employment while women are involved with child care, basic shopping, and domestic functions in a suburban location. Why have cities evolved in this way, why have New towns been planned in this way, and by whom and with what ideology? Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... An ideology is an organized collection of ideas. ...

Another illustration of this approach to geography is to study gender differences in terms of personal access, mobility and safety, especially in respect to the design and use of urban space and open places such as public parks and footpaths. The experience of walking alone through a city centre late at night or public park even in daytime is likely to be different for males and females and also for people of different ages, cultures and so on.

However, feminist geography is not limited to the local scale. One example of a global topic of feminist geography research is the worldwide migration of women from the Third World to the First World to perform domestic labor and sex work. For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ... The terms First World, Second World, and Third World were used to divide the nations of Earth into three broad categories. ... A maidservant or in current usage maid is a female employed in domestic service. ... A sex worker is anyone who earns their living by providing sexual services. ...

Further reading

• Rose, Gillian. (1993) Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge. Univ. of Minnesota Press.
• McDowell, Linda; and Sharp, Joanne P. (eds). (1999). A Feminist Glossary of Human Geography. London: Arnold.
• Mcdowell, Linda. (1999) Gender, Identity and Place: understanding feminist geographies. Cambridge : Polity Press, 1999
• Seager, Joni and Nelson, Lise. (eds) (2004) Companion to Feminist Geography (Blackwell Companions to Geography). Blackwell Publishers 2004, ISBN 1-4051-0186-5
• Valentine, Gill. (2004) Public Space and the Culture of Childhood. London:Ashgate
• Gender, Place and Culture - A Journal of Feminist Geography Routledge ISSN 0966-369X Online ISSN: 1360-0524

See also

• Geography
• History of geography
• Critical geography
• Cultural geography

Human geography

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