Feminists - role of family
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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
- soothed away the frustrated feelings her husband had towards his job
- acting as a safety valve
- explained the traditional housewife role in terms of the support she provided for her husband
- 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
- legislation and policy is crucial
- 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
- want to get away from the notion of a female escence
- empashise the differences between women
- 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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