Feminist views on family functions (it oppresses women)
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- Created on: 17-02-14 09:20
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- Feminist views on family functions (it oppresses women)
- Difference
- Black feminists- by regarding the family as the sole source of oppression, white feminists neglect racial oppression
- Different social groups have different experiences- black/white, middle or working class, gay or heterosexual...
- Other feminists- many experiences are similar, e.g. risk of domestic violence, sexual assault, low pay etc.
- Black feminists- the black family is a positive source of support against racism
- Liberal
- The way parents socialise children is now more equal, and daughters have higher aspirations
- Don't believe full gender equality has been achieved yet, but there has been gradual progress, e.g. men doing more domestic labour
- Other feminists- fails to challenge the underlying causes of oppression, e.g. deep-rooted social structures, which need far-reaching revolutionary changes. Changes in law and attitudes aren't enough
- Radical
- Germaine Gheer argues for creation of all-female (matrilocal) households
- The family and marriage are key institutions in patriarchal society. Men benefit from women's unpaid services
- Argue for political lesbianism- the family must be abolished through separatism from men
- Liberal feminists like Jenny Somerville argue that women's position has improved, and separation would fail due to heterosexual attraction
- Marxist
- Women are a reserve army of cheap labour taken on when needed, then 'let go' to return to unpaid domestic work
- Main cause of women's oppression is capitalism. Women absorb anger at it. Ansley- women are 'takers of ****' who soak up male's work frustration in domestic violence
- Family must be abolished at the same time as a socialist revolution replaces capitalism with a classless society
- Women reproduce labour force through unpaid domestic labour, socialising the next generation of workers and maintaining and servicing the current one
- Criticisms
- Assumes family and members are simply passive puppets, manipulated
- Ignores increased family diversity
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