Feminist views of the family
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- Created on: 15-02-22 10:24
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- Feminist theories of the family
- Marxist feminists
- Nuclear family serves capitalism
- Maintains heirachy
- Benston
- Wife is slave of wage slave
- Women absorb male frustration- takers of ****
- Therefor men are relaxed and ready for work- let out anger
- Ansley
- Difference feminists
- Women have made progress in recent years
- Most feales want male partner- their choice
- More men involved with childcare, cook meals etc
- Women have more oppertunities and are supported by men
- Equal pay and sex discrimination act in 1970s have benefitted women
- Sommerville
- Radical feminists
- Heterosexuality= patriachy
- Solution- women should live independently or turn to political lesbianism
- Men oppress and exploit women
- Greer
- Traditional feminists
- The Nuclear Family supports the patriarchal society.
- Men= head of the family
- Women are sources of free domestic labour, emotional, and sex
- Concern with domestic abuse and control
- Difference feminism
- takes into account different types of family
- Chosen families
- Calhoun
- Marxist feminists
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