Core Ideas and Doctrines Flashcards
1
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What are the two Key Concepts feminism is based on?
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- Women have traditionally been disadvantaged as a sex or gender
- This disadvantage can and should be ended
2
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What do Feminists believe about Equality?
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- Ideologies e.g Liberalism/Socialism advocated equality/social justice for all, but have perpetuated patriarchal values/attitudes + done little to end gender discrimination.
- Agrees with Liberalism, Socialism and Radicalism (belief in equality, progress, rationalism), but have neglected female equality
3
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What do feminists mean when they say ‘a reserve army of Labour’?
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- Women constitute a spare workforce that can be called on as and when needed by capitalism.
4
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What do Feminists mean by ‘Cultural feminism’?
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- A form of difference feminism that challenges the dominance of male culture in society, instead seeking to promote ‘women’s values’.
5
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What do feminists mean by ‘otherness’?
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- Women were considered to be fundamentally different from men, who were seen as the ‘norm’, and women deviants from this norm.
6
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What are the base goals of liberal feminists?
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- Legal/political equality/rights for all individuals in order to compete on equal terms with men in the public sphere – business, culture, media, politics etc.
7
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What are the base goals for Socialist Feminists?
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- Economic/social equality. Capitalism creates patriarchy. Economic power should be shared – equal ownership of property, end to pay differentials, the distinction between waged and unwaged labour.
8
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What are the base goals of Radical Feminists?
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- Equality within the family/social lifestyle – childcare, domestic work, reproduction, sexual fulfillment; emphasis on lifestyle politics. Gender is the main division within society.
9
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What are the base ideas of post-modernist feminists?
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- Patriarchy manifests itself in different ways depending on women’s ethnicity, social class, age, disability etc. Feminism must be for all women.
