Theories of the family: Feminist Perspective
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- Theories of the family: Feminist Perspective
- Marxist
- Women's subordination performs functions for capitalism
- Women absorb anger - they are takers of ****
- Women reproduce the next generation of workers through unpaid domestic labour
- They are a reserve army of labour
- Solutions
- Hard - abolition of capitalism
- Soft - pay women for childcare and domestic work
- Women's subordination performs functions for capitalism
- Liberal
- March of progress view of the family
- Cause of gender equality - lack of oppression in wider soicety
- Nuclear family is no longer patriarchal
- Social policies have made families more equal
- We should work within the system to bring about greater equality
- E.g. more flexible hours for single mothers
- Equal paternity/ maternity pay (2015)
- Introduction
- Criticised nuclear family in the 1950s
- Taught the housewife role as the only option
- Socialised women into subservience
- Gender is socially constructed
- Feminism started as a criticism of gender roles
- They perpetuated patriarchy through the public private divide
- Feminism started as a criticism of gender roles
- Criticised nuclear family in the 1950s
- Radical
- The traditional nuclear family is the key institution which allows patriarchy to continue
- Paid work has not been liberating for most women
- Dual burden
- Triple shift
- Dark side of the family
- 1/4 experience domestic abuse
- Paid work has not been liberating for most women
- Solutions
- Hard - political lesbianism and seperatism
- Moderate - avoid traditional family relationships
- The traditional nuclear family is the key institution which allows patriarchy to continue
- Marxist
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