Feminism
Cards (14)
- General feminist ideas:
- Critical view of the family.
- Believe it reproduces the patriarchy.
- Gender inequality is inevitable.
- Different strands of feminism provide different solutions to the problem of gender inequality.
- Waves of feminism:
- 1900’s- campaigning for legal and political rights.
- 1960’s- Argue against male domination and for liberation.
- Liberal feminists:
- Believe socialisation is the main cause of subordination of women.
- Men and women have equal potential.
- Liberate women by changing attitudes.
- Radical feminists:
- Family leads to female oppression.
- Men dominate world of work and power over women.
- Want separatism- get away from men.
- Heterosexual relationships- sleeping with the enemy.
- Marxist feminism:
- Gender inequality is rooted in the capitalist system.
- Female oppression benefits capitalism.
- Post-modernist feminists:
- Women have choice in creating family and relationships.
- Family diversity reflects choice.
- Gender identities are not fixed but fluid.
- Barnard: Believes that marriage makes women mentally and physically ill.
- Barnard Evaluation:
- Strengths- Highlight women suffer in relationships.
- Limitations- Very negative, not all women get married.
- Oakley: Argues only about 15% of husbands had a high level of participation in house care, 20% participated in childcare.
- Oakley evaluation:
- Strengths- Highlights inequality at home.
- Limitations- The study may be outdated, women now have more control over who they marry.
- Ansley: Women are ’Takers of shit’ who soak up frustration of their husbands because of the exploitation they suffer at work.
- Ansley evaluation:
- Strengths- Shows the dark side of the family.
- Limitations- Deterministic, out-dated.
- Dobash and Dobash: Believe domestic violence occur when the woman challenges the man.
- Dobash and Dobash Evaluation:
- Strength- Highlights dark side of the family, statistics support their claim.
- Limitations- Not all men will feel challenged.