f3 feminism and family

Question 1

what is the liberal feminist view to family life?

Answer 1

saw a march in progress towards gender equality at home in wider society through reforming existing laws

Question 2

what is the marxists feminist view to family life?

Answer 2

challenged traditional gender roles at home, examining the unpaid labour of women and the expectations of society to look after their husbands.

Question 3

what is the radical feminist view to family life?

Answer 3

critical of marriage, seeing it as an unequal institution that was patriachal in nature and where men used financial and physical power to control women.

Question 4

what policies do liberal feminists recognise as improvement of policies? indirect and direct.

Answer 4

policies that indirectly impacted female emloyement:
- raising girls carrer aspirations
- encouraging girls to delay marriage and childbearing in order to develop a carrer
-changes to gender roles as a result to womens paid employement
policies that directly impact female employement:
- legalisation of abortion
-availability of contraception prescription covered by family planning act
- divorce reform

Question 5

what do marxist feminists see as the 3 main flaws of the family?

Answer 5

focused on unequal relationship between makes and females as a result of the capitalism.
1. domestic labour is often unpaid and there is an unfair expectation on women to complete including childcare housework and emotional support.
2. expectation of women having to do paid work housework and emotional work