Examples for patriarchy question

Question 1

Liberal feminist example for ‘all stands agree that a patriarchy exists’

Answer 1

Mary Wollstonecraft wrote “I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.” which shows that she believed women were oppressed by the patriarchy

Question 2

Postmodern feminist example ‘all strands agree that a patriarchy exists’

Answer 2

bell hooks stated that ‘patriarchy has no gender’

Question 3

Socialist feminist example for ‘however there is a disagreement over the cause of the patriarchy’

Answer 3

Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote how the capitalist economy was shaped by and for men.

Question 4

Radical feminist example for ‘however there is a disagreement over the cause of the patriarchy’

Answer 4

Kate Millet argued that family was ‘patriarchy’s key institution’

Question 5

Liberal feminist example for ‘all strands agree that the patriarchy should be dismantled’

Answer 5

Betty Friedan formed NOW in 1966 to empower women and dismantle the patriarchy

Question 6

Radical feminist example for ‘all strands agree that the patriarchy should be dismantled’

Answer 6

Shulamith Firestone wanted to eliminate the traditional family structure

Question 7

Socialist feminist example for ‘however there is a disagreement over how to dismantle the patriarchy’

Answer 7

Shiela Rowbotham called for a ‘revolution within the revolution’ to dismantle the patriarchy

Question 8

Liberal feminist example for ‘however there is a disagreement over how to dismantle the patriarchy’

Answer 8

Gloria Steinem believed that with legislative reform and government intervention, capitalism could become a positive force for women