Feminism

Question 1

Liberal feminists

Answer 1

reform laws and policies
change socialisation patterns
optimistic

Question 2

female functions for capitalism

Answer 2

• cheap, exploitative labour
• reserve army of labour
• reproduce labour force
• absorb anger

Question 3

Marxist feminist

Answer 3

unpaid homemaker in dependent economic position due to capitalism

Question 4

Ansley

Answer 4

‘takers of shit’
soak up husband frustration due to alienation at work

Question 5

Barrett

Answer 5

‘familism’ maintains oppression

Question 6

familism

Answer 6

nuclear family & sexual division of labour presented as ‘norm’

Question 7

Rich

Answer 7

men force women into a narrow unsatisfying ‘compulsory heterosexuality’

Question 8

compulsory heterosexuality

Answer 8

patriarchy constructs sexuality e.g through porn

Question 9

‘separatism’

Answer 9

live apart from men, creating new culture of independence

Question 10

Greer

Answer 10

argues for creation of all-female or ‘matrilocal’ households

Question 11

radical feminists

Answer 11

all men oppress all women

Question 12

PoMo feminists

Answer 12

other branches fail to reflect diversity of experience - focus on white, m/c, straight women

Question 13

Butler

Answer 13

no fixed entity called ‘womanhood’ as identities constructed through different discourses

Question 14

Feminism

Answer 14

structural/positivist thinking but prefer interpretivist methods
conflict theory

Question 15

Dobash & Dobash

Answer 15

study of domestic violence

Question 16

early theory criticism

Answer 16

only partial explanation of experience in modern society. ignore class and ethnicity

Question 17

methodology criticism

Answer 17

low in reliability
small scale, qualitative, subjective approach so hard to generalise

Question 18

liberal criticism

Answer 18

over optimistic
ignore deep rooted structures causing oppression

Question 19

marxist criticism

Answer 19

fail to explain in non-capitalist societies

Question 20

radical criticism

Answer 20

assumes all in the same position

Question 21

Sommerville - radical criticism

Answer 21

separatism unlikely due to heterosexual attraction

Question 22

PoMo criticism

Answer 22

fail to recognise similarities which may divide women into sub-groups, weakening feminism