Feminism

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paige

Cards (16)

liberal feminism 
Oppression overcome through changing attitudes through law / policy changes
Marxist feminism 
oppression caused by capitalism
radical feminism 
men are the enemy
the family is patriarchal
difference feminism 
cannot generalise women’s experiences as it differs on sexuality, class and ethnicity
Woolstonecraft (liberal) 
women entitled to be equal to men
”bird cage” - trapped in a patriarchal society
”glass ceiling” - see potential, unable to fulfill due to lack of social mobility
Marxist feminist view 
> women reproduce the labour force
> women absorb anger so its not directed at capitalism
> women are a reserve army of cheap labour (take on and sack when needed)
Ansley (marxist) 
wives are “takers of shit” of frustration from alienation and exploitation
explains domestic violence
Oakley (Marxist) 
85% housework done by women
lose identity as forced to take her husbands name
financially dependent on men, target for capitalist exploitation
Bruegel (Marxist) 
women “reserve army of cheap labour”
unemployment easily disguised and unnoticed
Beechey (marxist) 
women dependent on men
> able to pay women wages that cannot be lived on alone
Benston (Marxist) 
capitalism gets 2 workers for the price of 1
> women cook and clean which men don’t have to pay for services, employers can then pay men less
Greer (radical) 
political lesbianism
> all female households is the alternative
Firestone (radical) 
childbearing is a burden (pro separatism)
> new reproductive tech free women
Delphy and Leonard (radical) 
women contribute more with few material benefits
(57 unpaid services)
men hold the ‘decision making power’ so difficult for women to leave
Radical feminism criticisms: 
> Somerville - fail to recognise women’s position has improved
> heterosexual attraction > unlikely separatism will work
> need for family friend policies to promote equality
Amos and Palmer (difference) 
black feminists - family - positive
> source of support and resistance against feminism