Feminist view on inequality
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- Created on: 02-05-19 16:32
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- Feminist view on inequality
- Their main concern is looking at the importance of ideology in patriarchy and male dominance
- DE BEAUVOIR - argued that power of social influence, stereotyping and oppression - myth making and femininity is seen as deviant from norm
- Liberal
- equal rights to freedom is a M.o.P
- Through gradual reform in society and cultural change
- They offer realistic solutions.
- Rad and Marx say argue not revolutionary, fails for structural change
- Overcome ignorance and prejudice
- Radical
- patriarchy is universal
- Unpaid labour and sexual services (private) and satisfying male desires (passive sex objects)
- Marxist would say class is key form,
- Attention to domestic violence and ****
- SOMERVILLE - argues heterosexual attraction makes it hard for nuclear to be replace
- Marxist
- Cheap labour and reserve army of labour force,
- Ansley - said "takers of ****" as exploited consumers and production on next labour force
- better at structural cause than libs
- why still exploited in non - capitalist society?
- Subordination
- Legal and social structures = socialised from birth to accept EG pay gap, lack of position
- Girls do better at school but status after is lower
- Doctrines of gender - dominant ideology in family.
- New Right say nuclear is best for socialisation, laws govern right for abortion ETC
- HEARN - range of act of oppression at home but justified by male control
- Economic control - equal pay act = 1970 female skills and segregation of female work
- Marx fem say route to devalue female skills
- exposes risk of poverty as unequal access.
- Symbolic Violence - ideas and values being of daily life,
- LEES - offers EG way **** victims are blamed - drunk, way they dress
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- Legal and social structures = socialised from birth to accept EG pay gap, lack of position
- Distributions
- AGE = different experiences of old age - victims of poverty, depend on men
- PILCHER - difference of age are blurring and domain of young
- CLASS - not fully adressed - Libsay economic explanations Rad (DWORKIN) say gender class
- GENDER - main issues is patriarchy - cheap unpaid labour
- ETHNIC - black fem say male domination
- AGE = different experiences of old age - victims of poverty, depend on men
- Contribution to position of women is good BUT too much focus on gender - can't test empirically
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