AQA A2 Sociology- Theory- Feminism
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- Theory- Feminism
- Radical
- Millet
- All societies are patriarchal, men dominate and women are subordinate.
- All relations between mena dn women are political relations of power.
- Firestone
- Sexual oppression = fundamental form of oppression
- Inequality is due to biological reasons
- Women carry the child
- Pregnancy makes women financially and emotionally dependant on their partner
- They become tied by the dependency of the child
- They are expected to be a housewife and mother
- Solutions
- Separatism: Men and women live separately
- Women use their shared experiences to take action.
- Political lesbianism- in heterosexual relationships women sleep with the enemy.
- Eval
- Stats show that intimate relations have elements of dominance and power
- Marxists: class inequality is a more fundamental form of oppression.
- Liberal: there will always be hetrosexual relationships so separatism is useless.
- Millet
- Liberal
- Want gradual change, neither sex benefitting from gender inequality, removal of sexist stereotypes and the creation of equal opportunities.
- Frieden
- Emancipation- freedom from the chains of the home.
- Women are sold the feminist mystique (mother/wife hood = fulfilment) this isn't true.
- Eval
- Not all women experience inequality at work- 84% in NHS = women
- Radical: there are still sexist stereotypes in the media
- Politics is still male dominated.
- Marxists: they don't acknowledge the negative impact of capitalism
- Marxist Feminist
- Believe women's oppression is linked to capitalism
- Women's subordination serves the economy:
- Source of cheap labour- they are paid less.
- Reserve labour force- moved into labour during economic booms and removed during recessions.
- Reproduce labour force- unpaid work, socialise children and maintain the current workforce (husbands)
- Absorb anger- they make sure the anger isn't aimed at capitalism
- Eval
- Hartman: they are sex blind- they expain why capitalism exploits workers but not women in particular.
- Socialist Feminist: they need to look at patriarchy not capitalism to explain oppression before this economic system.
- Post Feminist
- Butler
- Women can't adopt the Enlightenments project as they don't have the same experiences.
- There are different discourses (ways of seeing, thinking and speaking) surrounding womanhood
- Post feminists deconstruct the discourses to reveal how women's oppression is different throughout the world and through history.
- Eval: Walby- women are also similar- all face partriarchy
- Butler
- Socialist Feminist
- Barrett:
- Family imposed defined roles through socialisation
- Women believe their natural role is mother and housewife.
- The overthrow of capitalism isn't enough, ideology of the family need to be abolished.
- Explain oppression before capitalism
- Barrett:
- Radical
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