liberal

• how does it view society?

  -concerned with human & civil rights of individuals

  -argue main cause of gender equality is ignorance & socialisation

  -don't believe in social institutions as patriarchal
• how should gender equality be achieved?

  using existing systems such as legal reform
• strengths

  -greatest impact on legal change

  -improved educational outcomes, employment opportunities & reproductive rights

  -goals support a lot of public opinion
• criticisms

  -overly optimistic

  -ignore the fact that there may be deep seated structural causes of women's oppression

  -accused of being 'white feminists', assuming issues facing white western women are issues all women face
• ann oakley
• what view do they take on gender equality?

  march of progress
• examples of campaigns leading to improved changes in legislation

  -vote for women

  -equal pay act

  -sex discrimination
• call for cultural change


  must change society's socialisation patterns to stop transmission of stereotypical beliefs about gender