Marxist

• Name 4 Marxist feminists:?

  • Ansley (takers of shit)
  • Beechey (reserve army of labour)
  • Feeley (authoritarian ideology)
  • Benston (unpaid domestic labour)
• Why do Marxist feminists believe women are oppressed?

  because of the patriarchy and capitalism
• Marxist feminists see gender as a part of a wider class conflict
• Which Marxist feminist said "Last to be hired, first to be fired” when talking about women in the labour market?

  Beechey
• Beechey said women perform what role at work?

  The role of reserve army of labour
• Beechey said women were a part of the reserve army of labour, what does this mean?

  Women can laid off easily during economic depressions and brought in easily during booms
• How do women being a part of the reserve army of labour benefit the patriarchy according to Beechey?

  Makes sure women do not threaten men's positions in the world of work
• Which sociologist said women are the "takers of shit"?

  Ansley
• What did Ansley mean when she called women the "takers of shit"?

  women act as a safety valve for capitalism as men take their frustrations out on their wives/partners rather than the system (their bosses)
• Who said that the family is an authoritarian unit and has an “authoritarian ideology”?

  Feeley
• What does Feeley mean by an authoritarian unit/ ideology?

  A system of control and domination characterized by strict obedience to authority and suppression
• How does the authoritarian unit/ ideology benefit both capitalism and the patriarchy?

  Benefits capitalism as children learn their place in the hierarchy of power and control. It also benefits the patriarchy as women know to obey their husbands.
• Benston said women benefit both capitalism and the patriarchy. How?

  women serve the needs of capitalism by providing domestic labour for free and taking care of current workers (husbands) and future workers (children)
• Which sociologist added to Benston's theory about unpaid domestic labour?

  Kerr
• What did Kerr add to Benston's theory on unpaid domestic labour?

  Kerr adds that Women serve 3 bosses' work, their husbands and their husbands' bosses
• Who said that women serve 3 bosses their own at work, their husbands and their husband's bosses?

  Kerr
• Which sociologist directly evaluated the Marxist feminist Feeley theory on authoritarian ideology?

  Morgan
• How did Morgan evaluate Feeleys theory on the authoritarian unit?

  Claimed Feeleys theory had lost its relevancy as the nuclear family had declined (there is no longer always a male head of household)