Marxist Feminists
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- Created on: 27-01-14 10:10
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- Marxist Feminists
- Deeper and more fundamental changes are needed
- Critics are keen to question who or what is being blamed for gender inequality - economy or male dominance?
- Is Marxist feminism signifying a unified system of society or a dual-system where economics and patriarchy are linked
- Use gender equality to explain the rise of capitalism
- Benston (1972) focused on the economic aspects of gender inequality, e.g; women as a reserve army of labour, domestic labour favouring capitalism and the ideology of the nuclear family
- Women are used to benefit the operation of the capitalist economy
- Marxist feminists can be seen as fusing Marxist thinking with gender inequality
- Hartmann (1981) describes the relationship between Marxism and feminism as an unhappy marriage, as they are difficult to mould into a coherent theory
- Hartmann (1981) argues that patriarchy and economics both play a crucial role in explaning and understanding gender equality
- She argues that neither patriarchy or economics can explain inequality alone (dual-systems theory)
- Historically men have controlled women - "labour of power", e.g. legistlations that work in favour of men, or economic differences such as income and wealth
- Use gender equality to explain the rise of capitalism
- Benston (1972) focused on the economic aspects of gender inequality, e.g; women as a reserve army of labour, domestic labour favouring capitalism and the ideology of the nuclear family
- Women are used to benefit the operation of the capitalist economy
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