3⃣Theories Of The Family 4) Feminist

Question 0

Describe the liberal feminist view on family

Answer 0

⚫️gender equality 
➡️gradually being overcome
➡️through legal reforms
➡️policy changes -equal pay
➡️challenging stereotypes
➡️changing people attitudes and socialisation

⚫️This is a march of progress view
➡️new man is becoming more wide spread

Question 1

What are the 4 different types of feminists

Answer 1

⚫️liberal feminists

⚫️marxists feminists

⚫️radical feminists

⚫️difference feminism

Question 2

Describe marxist feminist view on familt

Answer 2

⚫️capitalism main cause
➡️of women’s oppression in family
➡️this performs several functions for capitalism

⚫️reproducing the labour force
➡️women socialise the next generations of workers
➡️service the current one, for free

⚫️absorbing mens anger
➡️thats directed at capitalism
➡️wives soak up husbands frustration
➡️that comes from exploitation at work

⚫️a reserve army of cheap labour
➡️when not needed
➡️women workers return to their domestic role

Question 3

Give a negative evaluation for marxist feminism

Answer 3

⚫️women oppression not start with capitalism
➡️so no reason to believe it will end with it

⚫️radical feminist argue
➡️women are not only oppressed by capitalism
➡️but also with patriarchy

Question 4

Describe radical feminist view on family

Answer 4

⚫️patriarchy is main cause of women’s oppression
➡️family and marriage
➡️are key patriarchal institution

➡️men benefit from women’s
➡️unpaid domestic labour and sexual services

➡️men dominate women
➡️through violence or the threat of it

⚫️for patriarchal system to overturned
➡️family must be abolished

⚫️some radical feminist believe in
➡️political lesbianism
➡️complete separatism from men

Question 5

Give a negative evaluation for radical feminists

Answer 5

⚫️they ignore the importance of class and ethnic inequality

➡️white middle class women
➡️have more power than
➡️black working class men

Question 6

Describe difference feminism view on family

Answer 6

⚫️not all women share the same experiance of oppression
➡️women of different ethnicities, class background etc
➡️may have differences experiences of the family

➡️e.g
➡️if society was a source of oppression
➡️white feminist neglect black women experience in racism

➡️many black feminist
➡️view black family positively
➡️source of support in a racist society