CRITICISMS Flashcards
What are some criticisms towards feminists?
-women’s maternity leave is much longer than a men’s maternity leave which indicates the assumption that women will look after the children
-not all policies put women in second place, Equal Pay Laws
-feminists ignore Young and Willmotts ideas on the symmetrical family
Criticisms of Liberal Feminists
-SOMERVILLE states many feminists have failed to acknowledge progress for women
What are some criticisms of Radical Feminists?
-functionalists & the new right would argue what feminists put too much emphasis on the negative side of family life because it ignores the possibility that women enjoy running the home & raising children
-it ignores Young & Willmotts ideas on the symmetrical family and how there’s greater equalities
