1969 - 92 A triumph for radical feminism Flashcards
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By the early 1970s, what could women now do?
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- Because of Laws against gender discrimination, some areas of work opened up to women that had previously been reserved exclusively for men and vice versa
- They could now become telephone engineers and construction workers and even had the opportunity to now join the police force
- many more courses in higher education was made available to women
2
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What happened between 1970 and 1980?
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- Gender discrimination decreased by 10%
3
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Was gender discrimination fully gone due to legislation introduced?
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- Despite equal opportunities legislations, discrimination and inequality still existed as there was still unequal pay
- NOW used law suits to push employers to implement the law appropriately, especially around pregnancy, childcare and access to traditionally male dominated jobs
- Only 4.8% of managers and executives were women and most women worked in low prestige jobs
- The concept of the glass ceiling came around which was an indivisible barrier that restricted women from gaining high positions in the work place
- However by the mid 1990s, there was evidence that this was improving, particularly for white middle class women, as wage gaps narrowed
4
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By 1970 , what percentage of women made up the workforce?
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- 42.8 %
5
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What were the barriers to maternal rights?
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- The FG refusal to legislate paid maternity leave and the lack of child care facilities were obstacles for married women in the workforce, especially African American Women
- by the mid 1980s only five states provided paid maternal leave so women who were the sole breadwinner were hit hard by this
- by 1992 there was still no federal law requiring employers to provide paid maternal leave
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What impact did Radical Feminists have?
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- RF had a major impact on women’s rights in the 1960s and 1970s by challenging the deep rooted structures of patriarchy
- For example by the mid 1970s “ The Feminists” who were a group of women in New York that called for the abolition of marriag
- ## The Radicalesbians ( an organisation formed in 1973 combining women and gay liberation and campaigned for a genderless society) claimed that women could only really be liberated through lesbianism
