Feminism

Question 1

What do radical feminists focus on

Answer 1

The problem of inequality between men and women

Question 2

Radical feminists - social institution

Answer 2

Men are able to accrue more power than women in crucial social institutions such as gov. And law so are able to pass laws or introduce social policies that benefit them

Question 3

Radical - Susan brownmiller

Answer 3

Fear or rape is powerful deterrent against women going out alive at night

Question 4

Germaine Greer

Answer 4

Argues for the creation of all female ‘matrifocal’ households as an alienative conscious raising

Question 5

Radical feminist solutions

Answer 5

Separatism = living apart from men and creating a culture of female independence, free from patriarchy
Consciousness raising = sharing their experiences in women only consciousness groups - may lead to collective action
Political lesbianism = heterosexual relationships are inevitably opppressive

Question 6

What do liberal feminists focus on

Answer 6

Achieving equality between men and women

Question 7

Liberal feminist- legal equality

Answer 7

Particularly concerned with the issue of legal equality however there has been some progress in the sex discrimination act of 1975 + equal pat act and free contraception in 1961

Question 8

What do liberal feminists reject

Answer 8

Reject the idea that biological differences make women less competent then men or that men are biologically less competent than women

Question 9

Sylvia Walby - evaluation of liberal feminists

Answer 9

They offer no overall explanation for the overall structure of gender inequality. Ignore the possibility that there could be a deep seated structures causing women’s oppression such as capitalism or patriarchy

Question 10

What do Marxist feminist focus on

Answer 10

Exploitation of women at home and in the workplace

Question 11

Marxist feminist - Delphy and Leonard

Answer 11

Men exploit the unpaid housework because it maintains the health and efficiency of the present workforce free of charge : unpaid childcare ensures the future workforce is raised at relatively little cost to the capitalist class

Question 12

Ward - Marxist feminism

Answer 12

Global capitalism has undermined the wages of women workers in the uk because women in developing countries can be hired at much cheaper rates of pay

Question 13

Michele Barrett - ideology of familism

Answer 13

We must give more emphasis to women’s consciousness and motivations and to the role of ideology in maintaining their oppression - the presentation of the nuclear family ideal and the responsibility of domestic work as natural encourages women to believe that they can attain fulfilment through motherhood and intimacy

Question 14

Juliet Mitchell

Answer 14

Uses psychology to enhance this version of women’s reality - ideas of femininity are deeply implanted in women’s mind

Question 15

Evaluation of Marxist feminist

Answer 15

Can’t account for the oppression of women in non-capitalist countries and underplays non-economic factors such as culture or religion in the oppression of women

Question 16

What do difference feminists focus on

Answer 16

Points out that the patriarchal experiences of women differ because of the class and ethnic differences between women