1.2 Feminists on the family

Question 1

(feminists) all feminist believe society is what?

Answer 1

patriarchal - male dominated

Question 2

(feminists) all feminists believe there is a division between who?

Answer 2

men and women

Question 3

(feminists) all feminists believe women are what by men?

Answer 3

exploited

Question 4

(feminists) radical - what does the family play a major role in maintaining?

Answer 4

the oppression of women

Question 5

(feminists) radical - what do men benefit from?

Answer 5

women’s domestic labour and sexual services

Question 6

(feminists) radical - how do men dominate and control women?

Answer 6

domestic violence or the threat of it

Question 7

(feminists) radical - what is radical feminists solution?

Answer 7

abolish the family and create a women’s only culture

Question 8

(feminists) Delphy & Leonard - how do men put less into the family and yet get more out?

Answer 8

women spend more time on childcare and domestic tasks and yet men are allowed more leisure time and access to the car

Question 9

(feminists) what do Marxist feminists believe the family benefits?

Answer 9

the capitalist system

Question 10

(feminists) what do Marxist feminists believe the main cause of oppression in the family is?

Answer 10

capitalism not men

Question 11

(feminists) Marxist - how does Benston say the family benefits capitalism through domestic labour?

Answer 11

wives produce the next generation of workers

they also look after adult workers - keeping her husband fed and cared for

Question 12

(feminists) Marxists - how does capitalism benefit from women’s emotional labour?

Answer 12

women absorb the anger that would be otherwise directed at capitalism

Question 13

(feminists) Marxists - what does Ansley call women?

Answer 13

the takers of shit

Question 14

(feminists) Marxists - women are a safety valve, what is this?

Answer 14

outlet for frustrations due to exploitation men suffer at work

Question 15

(feminists) Liberal - Somerville criticises radical and Marxist feminists for failing to accept?

Answer 15

that progress has been made

Question 16

(feminists) Liberal - Somerville - women now have more choice over what?

Answer 16

whether to marry, whether to take paid work, whether to stay married

Question 17

(feminists) Liberal - Somerville says there is greater equality within what?

Answer 17

the marriage

Question 18

(feminists) liberal - Somerville - what do most women still value?

Answer 18

relationships with men

Question 19

(feminists) Liberal - Somerville argues a reform is needed to address what?

Answer 19

the remaining inequalities e.g. better childcare

Question 20

(feminists) Feminists can be criticised for exaggerating what?

Answer 20

the exploitation of women

Question 21

(feminists) feminists are preoccupied with the negatives of the family - what possibility do they ignore?

Answer 21

that women could enjoy running a home and raising a family

Question 22

(feminists) feminists are criticised for largely failing to acknowledge increasing what?

Answer 22

equality between men and women

Question 23

(feminists) what differences do feminists fail to take into account?

Answer 23

class and ethnic differences

Question 24

(feminists) why do some male sociologists claim men are oppressed?

Answer 24

traditionally expected to work long hours and maintain a family

Question 25

(feminists) why do functionalists criticise feminists?

Answer 25

fail to acknowledge positive contribution of family to society

Question 26

(feminists) why do postmodernists criticise feminists?

Answer 26

failing to acknowledge the extent to which society and family has changed

Question 27

(feminists) what do feminists highlight that other perspectives don’t?

Answer 27

the existence of violence and exploitation within the family