gender inequality is gradually being overcome through reform and policy change
this changes people's attitudes towards socialisation and challenges stereotypes
(e.g. the newman is becoming more widespread)
Marxist Feminists

capitalism is the main form of women's oppression in the family and this performs several functions for capitalism:
reproducing the labour force - women socialise the next generation of workers
absorbing men's anger - wives soak up their husband's frustration from being exploited at work
reserve army of cheap labour - when not needed, women workers can return to their domestic role
Radical feminists
the family and marriage are the key institutions in a patriarchal society, meaning that men benefit from women's unpaid domestic labour and sexual services
the patriarchal system needs to be overturned through separatism: women must organise themselves to live independently to men
Difference Feminists
not all women share the same experience of oppression
(e.g. women of different ethnicities, class, age etc. may have different experiences of the family