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
Saudi Arabia - need permission to open a bank account
When were the waves of feminism
1900s - 1960
1960s - 1980s
1990s - 2000s
2000s+
What happened in the 1900-1960s (feminism)
Women can vote
What happened in the 1960-1980s (feminism)
Equal rights and pay
Access to contraception
Legalised abortions
What happened in the 1990-20000s (feminism)
Sex and body positivity
Embrace diversity and individualism
Race, social class and trans rights
What happened in the 2000s + (feminism)
Equality for all
Legalise gay marriage 2014
How do feminists have an anti-family stance?
Functionalists - do well if in a stable family
What do postmodernists say about feminist ideas?
Stable family = less likely to be involved in crime
What does Wilkinson say (feminists AO3)
Economy has changed in last 30 years - gender quake
Education is more important than having kids
How are feminists too deterministic
Can choose to be a house wife
Radical feminists exaggerate exploitation
What does Somerville say bout feminists being deterministic?
Value relationships with men - Biological desire and attraction
What did Delphy and Leonard believe?
Households benefit from patriarchy. Women do most domestic labour
