Feminism Flashcards

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Oakley

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LIBERAL
the family is responsible for creating traditional gender stereotypes restricting women’s opportunties

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Liberal

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nuclear family bad for women as creates gender stereotypes

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marxist feminism

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women dually oppressed by patriarchy and capitalism

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benston 1972

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MARXIST
women produce and rear future workforce at little cost. unpaid domestic labour- housework + sexual services ensure male workforce fit for work

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ansley 1972

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MARXIST
women as ‘shit takers’
women as ‘safety valves’ support capitalism bc capitalism stripped male workers of dignity and power and they take anger out on wife

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evaluation marxist feminism

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  • men who do domestic work
  • working women
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thorne

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  • family controls women
  • no biological need for family, product of culture
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radical feminism

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men exploit women, patriarchy benefits all heterosexual men

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chambers

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RADICAL
nuclear family teaches patriarchal ideology to children including idea that gender roles are natural

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delphy and leonard 1992

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RADICAL
womens role in marriage is to ‘flatter’ her husband and provide emotional support. women recieve very little support in return

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redfern and aune 2013

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RADICAL
male violence has many forms: genital mutilation, acid throwing

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domestic violence stats

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  • 1/4 women experience it
  • 2 women week killed by current/former partner in England
  • less than 24% reported to polcie
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evaluation of radical feminism

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  • dual worker households
  • relationships now more equal
  • women leave unhappy relationship
  • women happy as mothers
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radical feminism solution

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abolish the family and have female-only communes, eg Firestone- female-only society through IVF
but unrealistic solution

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Hakim 1996

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RADICAL
some women choose to be mothers and are satisfied

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difference feminism

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not all women equally exploited.
Calhoun: lesbian relationships happiest as no exploitation from men