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Social structure and social change
Social structure and social change
Marxist-Feminists
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Marxist
-feminists
Argue that women are exploited both by
patriarchy
and by capitalism, and therefore the family best serves the
interests
of men and bosses
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Capitalism gets the benefit of women's
unpaid
labour (maintaining the workforce and the
next
generation of workers)
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Women also serve as a reserve
army
of labour (available to work if necessary, therefore keeping
wages
low)
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Women workers are often the
lowest paid
and most
insecure
, with the least rights
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