feminism
- Created by: maisyandrews05
- Created on: 20-05-19 09:10
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- feminism
- liberal feminism
- how to change society through laws, policies and cultural change
- sex and gender
- sex: biological differences between men and women
- gender: culturally constructed differences - feminine vs masculine roles
- sex differences: fixed, gender differences vary between cultures
- instrumental vs expressive roles
- instrumental: performed in the public sphere of paid work, politics and decision making
- expressive: performed in private sphere of domestic work, childrearing, caring for family
- evaluation
- criticised for over- optimism
- ignore the possibility that there are other structures causing oppression
- eg. capitalism
- radical feminism
- patriarchal society, men dominate women
- sexuality
- patriarchy constructs sexuality to satisfy men's desires
- sex is social, not biological
- women are seen as sexual objects
- change
- separatism: men's oppression of women is through domestic and sexual relationships
- living apart from men leads to female independence
- consciousness raising: through sharing experiences in women only groups, women can see that other women face the same problems
- political lesbianism
- lesbianism is the only non-oppressive form of sexuality
- sleeping with the man = sleeping with the enemy
- separatism: men's oppression of women is through domestic and sexual relationships
- evaluation
- unlikely to be achievable
- heterosexual attraction makes it unlikely that nuclear family will be replaced
- unlikely to be achievable
- marxist feminism
- capitalism oppresses women, not men
- subordination of men
- women are a source of cheap labour
- women are a reserve army of labour
- women reproduce the labour force
- women absorb anger
- they are the takers of **** from their husband
- barrett: the ideology of familism
- must give more emphasis to women's consciousness and motivations and the role of capitalism in maintaining their oppression
- familism: society makes women think that everyone should have a family
- need to overthrow capitalism and familism
- evaluation
- non- capitalist societies ignored
- difference feminism
- false universality
- not all women share the same experiences
- women are not one group
- safe haven
- ethnic minority women see family as safe
- no racism
- ethnic minority women see family as safe
- essentialism
- difference feminists say women don't share the same essence- all different
- evaluation
- liberal feminists- allows bigger campaigns for change for all women
- false universality
- liberal feminism
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