how relatively important are sex and gender in fem
sex
it is inevitable that women will take the lead role in childrearing so men will dominate in the world of work
women are physically weaker than men so will inevitably have an inferior position
women are born with an innate nurturing and unaggressive character and so are less fitted to the world of competitive capitalism
gender
men have a vested interest in maintaining their dominant gender role in society
the gender role of women is embedded in their consciousness from an early age to such an extent that women don't understand its patriarchal origin
in modern society there is no reason why the different biological status of women should affect their role in the economy
gender differences are an articificial construct designed to perpetuate patriarchy
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does liberal feminism fail to understand the natur
yes
has been a mainly white middle class movement and doesn't understand the position of working class/ethnic minority women who face multiple forms of oppression
don't understand the ways market capitalism inevitably oppresses and discriminates against women
underestimate the importance of the personal is political
no
understand that formal inequality is not the only problem
believe patriarchy will decline as men will no longer hold dominant positions in society
women now have a more developed understanding of patriarchy and are steadily achieving sufficient power to be able to combat it
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are women oppressed and discriminated against unde
yes
as long as men dominate positions of economic power, they will discriminate against women
the predominance of women playing domestic roles means that men are bound to dominate economic life
women's innate lack of aggressiveness and competitiveness makes them ill suited to capitalism
no
women are making progress in achieving senior positions in economic life
no longer inevitable that women must concentrate on domestic roles
there is no such thing as the innate non aggressive nature of women
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