jane eyre childhood
- Created by: zuhaira issa
- Created on: 30-11-20 14:09
View mindmap
- Feminist Approach To The Family
- Overview on families life
- Feminists are critical of the family as an institution and its role in society as it mostly gives a negative impact on the lives on women.
- Canalisation describes the way parents channel their children's interest through the social construction in primary socialisation process
- Families can be seen as preparing children for their gender roles in a male dominated society which then helps to reproduce gender inequalities
- Criticisms of feminist approaches
- They do not take into account families with shared power
- Marxist approaches argue that inequality within families is linked to capitalism not patriarchy
- Funcs see the family structure as benefitting for society
- Christine Delphy and Diana Leonard exploitation in families and marriage
- They focus on unpaid aspect of housework. They define housework as unpaid work done by women
- Housework includes cooking, cleaning and shopping so less visible work
- They argue that the family is patriarchal. Families maintain mens dominance over women and children. In this way, patriarchal families maintain the patriarchal nature of society.
- Example of gender being instilled since birth
- Babies tend to be dressed in blue or pink depending on gender
- A girl who sees her mother doing cleaning and ironing may assume that such tasks are women's
- A boy who is encouraged to help his father with home improvements or washing cars
- Overview on families life
Comments
No comments have yet been made