Feminism and the Family 2
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- Feminism and the Family {continued}
- Liberal Feminism
- Recognise that women's position in the family can have adverse effects on their power, careers and health
- Believe the best way to
improve the position of women in the family+society is through reform measures
which remove discrimination+establish equality
- Stronger action against domestic violence
- Better+ cheaper childcare to enable men and women to combine childcare with successful careers in paid employment
- Establishing +asserting the legal rights of women as individuals, e.g Equal Pay Act 1970, Sex Discrimation Act 1975 and Equality Act 2010
- Changing socialization+parenting practices to avoid gender stereotypes
- Establishment of equality in maternity+ paternity leave so parenting is seen as the responsibility of both parents
- More sharing of housework and childcare tasks with men
- Criticism: doesn't tackle the fundamental inequalities that women face as a result of patriarchy and capitalism
- Marxist Feminism- woman's work in family contributes to the
maintenance of capitalism
- Social reproduction of
labour power- family is a place where children can be born+raised with a sense
of security+the ruling class is supplied with a passive labour force
- Family is a place for eating, drinking+ relaxing, so the workforce can go to work each day + have their labour power renewed
- Family socializes children into dominant ideology+ prepares them for the routine of work. Family members accept the power inequalities they will face as adults in the capitalist society
- Family produces+ maintains labour which is free of cost to the capitalists through domestic labour
- Social reproduction of
labour power- family is a place where children can be born+raised with a sense
of security+the ruling class is supplied with a passive labour force
- Radical Feminism
- Patriarchy in society+family are the main obstacle of women's equality
- Greer- many relationships between men+women are highly patriarchal+ exploitative
- Family is patriarchal institution which benefits men at the expense of women, sometimes backed up with domestic violence
- Women should reject family life+ relationships with men
- Liberal Feminism
- Criticisms of the Marxist and Radical Feminist views
- Women's roles are not the same in all families. Many families now consist of dual worker couples with both parents in paid employment
- More women are working and have independent incomes and this means they have more power in the family than some feminist writers imply
- Around 2/3 of divorces are initiated by women can, and do, escape from relationships which are unsatisfactory or oppressive
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