Feminism

Question 1

Liberal feminists

Answer 1

Argue that society’s structure doesn’t need to change but patriarchy can be reduced by laws

March of progress

Optimistic

Equal pay act and sex discrimination act are examples of progress

In education schemes such as GIST and WISE which help getting girls into male dominated fields

Question 2

Criticism of liberal feminists

Answer 2

Too optimistic
Radical Feminists argue that prejudices can’t be solved by laws
Ignored the deep rooted patriarchy in society which will only be removed with a. Societal restructure and revolution

Question 3

Marxist feminism

Answer 3

Oppression doesn’t come from patriarchy but from capitalism

Analysed Best By looking at the gender division of labour

Benson argued that women are the “reserve army of labourers” in which women are only needed when men aren’t available explaining womens differences at gaining full time employment

Ex gender pay gap

Question 4

Criticism of Marxist feminism

Answer 4

Ignores the significant progress that has been made in workplace

Question 5

interactional feminists

Answer 5

argue that radical liberal and Marxist feminists ignore the issues that women who are marginalized faces such as women in developing countries and middle-class women.

for example, western feminists’ preoccupation with ‘getting women in the board room’ ignores significant progress that needs to be made for women in other countries. For example women in audio Arabia have only just been allowed to drive cars

ex the liberation theis by Adler doesn’t apply to women who arent white or middle class as they struggle to be patriarchally free

Question 6

criticism of interactional feminists

Answer 6

dont consider the issues that all women face no matter race or class that patriarchy poses such as domestic violence

Question 7

Radical feminists

Answer 7

argue that the only way to get rid of the patriarchy is to have a feminist revolution and change the structure of society as patriarchy lives in every institution in society

feminist separatists such as greer see sleeping with men as ‘sleeping with the enemy’ and proposed political lesbianism in order to destroy the patriarchy

recent development in society are merely token gestures t suppress the revolution

women are controlled ideologically, physically and mentally by men