1.2 Feminists on the family Flashcards
(feminists) all feminist believe society is what?
patriarchal - male dominated
(feminists) all feminists believe there is a division between who?
men and women
(feminists) all feminists believe women are what by men?
exploited
(feminists) radical - what does the family play a major role in maintaining?
the oppression of women
(feminists) radical - what do men benefit from?
women’s domestic labour and sexual services
(feminists) radical - how do men dominate and control women?
domestic violence or the threat of it
(feminists) radical - what is radical feminists solution?
abolish the family and create a women’s only culture
(feminists) Delphy & Leonard - how do men put less into the family and yet get more out?
women spend more time on childcare and domestic tasks and yet men are allowed more leisure time and access to the car
(feminists) what do Marxist feminists believe the family benefits?
the capitalist system
(feminists) what do Marxist feminists believe the main cause of oppression in the family is?
capitalism not men
(feminists) Marxist - how does Benston say the family benefits capitalism through domestic labour?
wives produce the next generation of workers
they also look after adult workers - keeping her husband fed and cared for
(feminists) Marxists - how does capitalism benefit from women’s emotional labour?
women absorb the anger that would be otherwise directed at capitalism
(feminists) Marxists - what does Ansley call women?
the takers of shit
(feminists) Marxists - women are a safety valve, what is this?
outlet for frustrations due to exploitation men suffer at work
(feminists) Liberal - Somerville criticises radical and Marxist feminists for failing to accept?
that progress has been made
(feminists) Liberal - Somerville - women now have more choice over what?
whether to marry, whether to take paid work, whether to stay married
(feminists) Liberal - Somerville says there is greater equality within what?
the marriage
(feminists) liberal - Somerville - what do most women still value?
relationships with men
(feminists) Liberal - Somerville argues a reform is needed to address what?
the remaining inequalities e.g. better childcare
(feminists) Feminists can be criticised for exaggerating what?
the exploitation of women
(feminists) feminists are preoccupied with the negatives of the family - what possibility do they ignore?
that women could enjoy running a home and raising a family
(feminists) feminists are criticised for largely failing to acknowledge increasing what?
equality between men and women
(feminists) what differences do feminists fail to take into account?
class and ethnic differences
(feminists) why do some male sociologists claim men are oppressed?
traditionally expected to work long hours and maintain a family
