Feminist perspective of the family
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- Created on: 02-05-13 16:55
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- Feminist perspective
- Marxist-Feminists
- Women oppressed by both capitalism and patriarchy
- Wives produce and socialise new workers producing more profit
- Reserve army of labour
- Extra cheap temporary workers that can be engaged and sacked
- Liberal Feminists
- Advocate increasing gender equality
- Power relations and division of labour has become more equal
- Consequence of changes in women's work patterns
- Radical Feminists
- Oppression of women a result of male dominance
- Nuclear family based upon and supports male power
- Socialisation of women into mother/housewife role is a form of oppression
- Men and industrialisation put women in the homes
- Oppression of women a result of male dominance
- Criticisms
- Over-estimates the extent of female inequality
- Women have gained more choices and life has become more diverse
- Fails to consider the influence of racism
- New right- undermines traditional family values
- Assumes all families have a male head who dominates the rest
- Marxist-Feminists
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