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Feminism
- negative aspects of the family life for women
- relationships between men and women in the family are still patriarchal
  - family is male dominated
- Ansley (1992)
  - explained the traditional housewife role in terms of the support she provided for her husband
    - acting as a safety valve
      - soothed away the frustrated feelings her husband had towards his job
        rather than being stored up and acted upon against the exploitative capitalist system
- Barrett and Macintosh
  - use the concept of the anti social family
  - critical of the way women are exploited and
    - the gains made by capitalists at the workers' expense
  - negative aspects of the family,, violence and abuse are overlooked
- Liberal Feminists
  - legislation and policy is crucial
    - e.g. if there were policies implemented to enable women to have flexible working patterns to fit with the demand of childcare then that would be a way forward
  - Somerville (2000)
    - increased choices women have and the way that social policies can help working parents
- Radical feminists
  - see the structure of society at large as being patriarchal as well as the unit of family
  - sexism is embedded in the system
  - patriarchal ideology presents womens triple shift as normal
- Postmodern feminists
  - empashise the differences between women
    - want to get away from the notion of a female escence
      - whereby all women are seen as sharing a common experince
- CRITICISMS
  - Do not allow for the fact that some women may enjoy domestic work and carrying out a caring role
  - ignore the positive aspects of family life for women
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