Dual Systems Feminists

Question 1

What are the two systems that work together? What does it combine elements of?

Answer 1

Economic system (capitalism) and gender system (patriarchy)

Marxism and radical feminism

Question 2

What do patriarchy and capitalism combine together to form?

Answer 2

Hartmann- patriarchal capitalism

Question 3

What do dual system feminists and radical feminists agree on?

Answer 3

Patriarchy is universal

Question 4

Example of how patriarchy and capitalism work together?

Answer 4

Dmoestic labour limits a woman’s ability to go into paid work but lack of opportunities drive women into economic dependence on men (the systems reinforce eachother)

Question 5

What does Walby argue?

Answer 5

Sometimes the interests of patriarchy and capitalism vollide e.g. capitalism demands cheap female labour but patriarchy aims to prevent this

Question 6

Positive of dual systems feminists

Answer 6

Walby shows how the systems interact without assuming that their interests always align

Question 7

Pollert’s Criticism

Answer 7

Pollert- patriarchy is not a system, it is a term for a range of practises like male violence