Theory - feminism
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- Created by: Rhianna Hall
- Created on: 15-06-14 11:35
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- Theory - feminism
- liberal fem
- BB
- all hum rights should be equal
- women = work alongside men
- laws & policies ag sex discrim can secure eq opps for women
- want cultural change & end stereo ideas
- laws & policies ag sex discrim can secure eq opps for women
- women = work alongside men
- all hum rights should be equal
- Sex & Gender
- sex = bio differences (fixed)
- gender = culturally const diff's - taught via socialisation - passed on f/ gens - sexist attributes = soc const
- need to change socialisation patterns
- gender eq - promote role models in ed - challenge media rep of women
- soc change
- change in socialisation => gradually g=changing atts in soc
- political action => to challenge discrim => progress
- will result in 'win--win' sit - men = step away f/ constriciting notions of masc & express nurturing side
- EVAL
- over-optimistic - men don't change - too deep rooted
- causes of women's sub & rev - fail to see underlying causes of women's sub
- BB
- origins
- soc = male som (pat) - sub of women - offer diff ideas for soc change - 18th C - argues for men & women = equal
- Radical
- BB
- pat = univ - exists in all soc's - root of this lies i women as child-bearers - dep on men
- pat = pri source of ineq & conflict
- all men oppress women - they all ben f/ pat in sexual services
- The personal is political
- pat opp = direct & personal
- happens in public spheres (work, media) & personal sphere (fam)
- all rels inv power - men dom women
- happens in public spheres (work, media) & personal sphere (fam)
- pat opp = direct & personal
- social change
- key for ending opp & changing soc
- seperatism
- women live apart f/ men
- consciousness raising
- women share experiences & see common enemy
- political lesbianism
- hetro rels = opp so lesb
- seperatism
- key for ending opp & changing soc
- EVAL
- still vio in lesbian couples
- abolishing pat - no expl of how this will happen
- diff soc's - no expl why female sub varies in diff soc's - ignores class, ethn, culture etc
- BB
- Marxist
- BB
- women's sub => Cap (men may ben)
- key source as role of unpaid homemaker
- dep within fam & funct of Cap
- women dep on men in household
- funct for cap = source of cheap labour - paid < & women absorb frust
- ideo of familism
- nuc fam = normal - false c - cont of women - overthrow Cap
- EVAL
- non-cap soc's = women still sub
- unpaid dom labour - why do women do it?
- male dom - not enough said about ways men opp women & how ben f/ unpaid labour
- BB
- difference fem & poststructuralism
- post-struct fem
- concerned w/ discourses - way of seeing things
- can be used ag women - cont - told what to do
- concerned w/ discourses - way of seeing things
- prob of essentialism
- ess = all women share same essence (exploitation)
- fail to consider diversity of women exp
- ess = all women share same essence (exploitation)
- BB
- women have diff experiences - e.g. class, ethn
- EVAL
- women have > sims than diffs i.e. pat
- dividing women weakens power of fem mov
- post-struct fem
- is fem still relevant today?
- POMO - gender roles = less sig
- eq opps - led to lib of women & higher expectations
- changes in fam - decline of nuc fam = led to decline in pat
- fem methodology
- qual data - pos res - can study them
- structured way = refl pat
- hard fem
- rej quant
- want > colaborative app e.g. unstruct int - informal
- rej quant
- soft fem
- quant method - should aake it as non-sexist as poss
- qual data - pos res - can study them
- liberal fem
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