Feminism

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1. What do they believe about the division of labour in most societies?

  • Divided by class, middle and upper class jobs bring greater rewards than working class ones (Status, pay, power, etc)
  • Divided by gender, men's jobs bring greater rewards than womens (Status, pay, power, etc)
  • Divided by gender, women's jobs bring greater rewards than mens (Status, pay, power, etc)
  • Medic does the dishes, Soldier doesnt (TF2)
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2. How do Marxist Feminists think that the emergence of capitalism alterted the relations between men and women?

  • Men try to gain power over women, employers treat women as reserve army of labour, male workers exclude women from their trades and crafts, husbands exploit their wives' unpaid housework
  • Made relations more equal
  • Didn't change anything as sexism persisted before capitalism
  • Everyone had to wear snapback caps!

3. What is 'Patriarchy'?

  • Social system based on age inequality - youth dominated society
  • Social system based on gender inequality - male dominated society
  • Social system based on gender inequality - female dominated society

4. What does Postmodern Feminism believe?

  • Still a need for work in gender inequality, importance of language and symbols, women need protection from subtle media oppression
  • Men and women should have equal rights. They campaign for legislation changes, often successfully eg equal pay, maternity leave, etc
  • Women almost seperate class as all exploited and oppressed by the male class
  • Postman Pat should be a female - 'Postwomen Pat'

5. How do men dominate society?

  • By beating them at Dominoes and eating ALL the Dominoes pizza!
  • By oppressing the working class
  • Seize material goods, social privileges, harm women, control cultural attitudes
  • By owning only the media as it is the most powerful tool

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