1.2 - Feminist Theories Flashcards
What do liberal feminists believe? (2)
Want equality by changing the law (equal pay, rape in marriage)
Female subordination is rooted in a set of legal and customary constraints
Name 3 radical feminists
Firestone, Millet, Dobash and Dobash
What do radical feminists believe?
Changing the law isn’t enough as men will always be superior
Society is a patriarchy and want to separate the genders
Radical feminists AO3
Closed minded and discriminate against men
Name the 5 types of feminists
Liberal, radical, Marxist, difference/intersectional, postmodernist
What does Millet believe?
The family is male dominated and use physical power to control
What does Firestone believe?
Want to eliminate male privilege and sex
What does Dobash and Dobash believe?
25% of all reported cases of assault are men abusing their wives
What do Marxist feminists believe?
Society helps preserve both capitalism and patriarchy.
Produces next generation of exploited workers
What does Ansley think?
Warm bath theory and takers of shit (emotional sponge)
What does Benson think?
Unpaid housework is crucial for a healthy capitalist society.
Keep husband in good running order
What do difference/intersectional feminists believe?
The other types assume that all women are a member of a single group who are equally exploited.
Mainly BME as exploited more.
Family can be positive as escape from racism
What are difference feminists also known as?
Intersectional
What do post-modernist feminists think?
There is equality as domestic agreements are varied and the nuclear family is no longer dominating.
The family doesn’t always produce inequality
What do post-modernist feminists think? AO3
There isn’t equality everywhere
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