Femenism✔️ Flashcards
What is Femenism?
A political movement to end oppression of women (& men)
Give a shocking statistic which conveys men believing they are superior?
1 in 4 women are subjected to violence by their partner.
What do Femenists, in general, think about the family?
They have a critical view of it as they believe it oppresses women. What
How do Liberal Femenists want to end gender inequality?
Focus on campaigning for EQUAL RIGHTS.
- they want to change people’s attitudes and behaviours through Socialisation.
- passing legislation e.g. sex discrimination act.
How have Liberal Femenists been criticised?
For being too optimistic as both their methods haven’t promoted gender equality as they envisaged.
What do Marxist Femenists believe is the issue with women oppression?
Capitalism causes it.
1) women absorb anger from working husbands. Ansley days they are ‘takers of shit’ = take anger from husband = cushion it.
2) women reproduce the labour force through their unpaid domestic labour. They socialise them with the values required by capitalists.
What does Mitchell say?
That full gender equality in the labour force can only be achieved if women are freed from their domestic responsibilities.
Overall, what do Marxists see the oppression of women in the family as?
Linked to the exploitation of the working class - a socialist revolution would lead to be abolition of the family.
What do Radical Feminists believe?
That patriarchy causes it - men are the enemy.
As the family and marriage is a key area of it - women are dominated by men through domestic violence.
What does Dobash and Dobash day about domestic violence?
They think it is an inevitable feature of a patriarchal society - it preserves the power that men have over women. It is an extension of male domination.
They also say the family isn’t always secure. It can be the most violent group for women and children.
What does Pahl say about domestic violence?
People have legitimised it as society claims it only happens in rare situations.
For radical feminists, how does women oppression need to be abolished?
The patriarchal system has to be overturned - they encourage separatism and some even advocate political lesbianism to avoid ‘sleeping with the enemy.’
What do Difference Feminists believe?
That it is wrong to generalise in this way, arguing that all people (class, gender, race) have different experience - not all women in families have the same family life.
