Feminism

Question 1

Liberal feminism

Answer 1

sees individualism as the basis of gender equality

Question 2

Socialist feminism

Answer 2

believes that gender inequality stems from economics + capitalism creates patriarchy so women’s liberation requires vast social change

Question 3

Radical feminism

Answer 3

believes that the biggest problem facing society is gender inequality + that it is rooted in the structures of domestic life

Question 4

Post-modern feminism

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argues that patriarchy manifests in different ways depending on a womans race, class etc

Question 5

5 core principles of feminism

Answer 5

sex and gender, patriarchy, the personal is political, equality and difference and intersectionality

Question 6

What did Gilman believe about sex + domestic economics?

Answer 6

they are hand in hand - for women to survive, they have to depend on their sexuality in order to please their husbands

Question 7

What did Gilman argue about societal pressures?

Answer 7

young girls are compelled to conform in society and prepare for motherhood by playing with toys and wearing clothes designed specifically for them

Question 8

Beauvoir - ‘one is not ___, but rather becomes, a ____’

Answer 8

one is not BORN, but rather becomes, a WOMAN

Question 9

What type of feminist is Kate Millet?

Answer 9

radical

Question 10

What does Kate Millet believe about patriarchy?

Answer 10

it must be overthrown to ensure womens liberation

Question 11

What does ‘biology is destiny’ mean?

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biological facts do not disadvantage nor determine the social destiny of females

Question 12

What is sex?

Answer 12

it is the biological difference between men and women which are natural therefore unalterable

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What is gender?

Answer 13

cultural term which refers to the different roles that society ascribes to men and women

Question 14

What is the word feminists use to refer to human nature + what does it mean?

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androgynous + it means that all human beings, regardless of sex, possess the genetic inheritance of a mother and a father, and therefore embody a blend of both female and male attributes or traits

Question 15

Equality feminists beliefs on human nature

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men + women are the same, and the distinction between sex and gender is artificial

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Difference feminists beliefs on human nature

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men + women have fundamentally different natures stemming from biology, known as essentialism

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What is essentialism?

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term often used to suggest that biological factors are crucial in determining psychological and behavioural traits

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Why do postmodern feminists question ‘sex’

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some biological features do not apply to the entirety of a ‘sex’ for e.g. not all woman can give birth

Question 19

What is patriarchy in latin

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rule by men

Question 20

What is intersectionality?

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the argument that black + working class women’s experiences of patriarchy in state differ from white, middle-class women

Question 21

What do liberal feminists believe about the state?

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they argue that the state can play a role in promoting female liberation

Question 22

What do radical feminists believe about the state?

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the state providing an equal framework is insufficient in overthrowing patriarchy

Question 23

What do socialist feminists believe about the state?

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reject the liberal idea of state as a neutral body, suggesting instead it works in the interest of capitalism thus patriarchy

Question 24

Example of a difference feminist + their views on human nature

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Carol Gilligan + she believes that women and men are culturally different but these differences should be celebrated

Question 25

What is a widespread feminist view on society?

Answer 25

women are mistreated

Question 26

What is the female eunuch 1970?

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radical view that women are conditioned to a passive sexual role that has repressed their true sexuality and personality + turned into the stereotype of the ‘eternal feminine’

Question 27

Chronological order of feminism

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liberal -> socialist -> radical -> postmodern

Question 28

What did Kate Millet describe patriarchy as in ‘Sexual politics’ (1970)

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a ‘social constant’ running rampant through all political, social and economic structures and found in all societies