feminist view of gender inequality
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- Created on: 07-04-15 13:05
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- Feminist view of gender inequality
- Liberal Feminists
- Gender roles are socially constructed through the family, education and media
- Socialisation or sex-role conditioning leads to gender inequalities
- Women are socialised into passive or subordinate roles and men into dominant ones
- Oakley argues a process of manipulation and canalisation socialises children into specific gender roles
- Kelly 1987- teachers and careers advisors share the view that women and girls will be good at certain subjects and occupations
- Oakley- argues the dominant patiarchal idegoloy means women are perciveed was wives and mothers and therefore as secondary in the job market
- EVALUATION
- Does not take account of structural constraints women face in the workplace or of their class and ethnicity
- Assumes socialisation is a passive process and both men and women accept what they are told
- Criticised by other feminists for working within the patriarchal system rather than challenging it
- Marxist Feminists
- Women's oppression is linked to Capitalism
- Women are exploited by Capitalism at work and at home
- Ansley 1972- women absorb the frustration and anger of husbands who are themselves exploited at work
- Women are encouraged by the patriarchal society to believe the system is fair
- At work they are paid less and form the reserve army of labour- they are more likely to be part time/casual and not members of a union= easier to let them go
- Sexism as well as racism keeps the working class divided
- Doyal argues the NHS serves the needs of Capitalism by ensuring a healthy workforce
- Changes will only take place if men and women work together
- EVALUATION
- The reserve army of labour theory fails to explain gendered nature of jobs
- Radical feminists argue that Marxist feminists pay too little attention to patriarchy
- Black feminists argue that marxist feminists tend to ignore minority ethnic groups
- Radical Feminism
- Argue patriarchy is the oldest oppression, men exploit and oppress women
- The family is the main source of this oppression and some argue that all female households are the better option
- Education contributes to patriarchal ideology by reflecting a masculine view of the world through the presentation of subjects and teacher behaviour towards men and women
- Enhrenreich and English 1978- argue that medicine has historically controlled women
- Argue male domination in society means women are oppressed and subjected to violence in the home and on the streets
- EVALUATION
- Marxist feminists say it is not realistic for radical feminists to suggest not all women share the same experience- the labour market experiences of middle class women and WC women are very different
- Radical feminists ignore the progress made
- Accused of ignoring divisions between women in relation to ethnicity and class
- Liberal Feminists
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