Feminism and the family
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- Created on: 14-04-14 17:37
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- Feminism and the Family
- Liberal
- Somerville - progress has been made
- women have more freedom in choice
- relationships with men still valued
- greater equality in marriages - "new man"
- positive views - change is happening e.g. equal pay act
- nobody benefits - men miss out on private life and woman miss out on public life
- solution - get rid of sexism by laws against discrimination
- ignore the causes of inequality
- Somerville - progress has been made
- Marx
- Benston
- wives used to provide cheap labour for employers
- childcare - unpaid
- maintain their husbands as workers at no costs to employers
- men's financial power keeps women in their place
- Sharpe - women becoming more economically independant
- too much emphasis on economic factors
- Benston
- Radical
- Greer
- single woman happier than married women proved by high divorce rates
- wives more likely to suffer acts of violence and abuse by their husbands
- men benefit
- idea of patriarchy is too broad without no real explanation to why women are exploited
- woman explode through unpaid domestic labour
- woman controlled through acts of violence
- exaggerates inequality and fails to mention success of equality
- Greer
- Liberal
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