feminism

Question 1

feminism

view on family?

Answer 1

• patriarchal: reinforce mae dominance, benefits men
• unequal: men have more status, control, wealth/income than women
• gendered: differentiated by gender

Question 2

feminism

Ansley takers of shit?

Answer 2

• dually opressed stabilise adult personalities, emotional support by wife
• “safety valve” for frustration: “takers of shit, absorb husbands anger”

Question 3

feminism

Ansley evaluation?

Answer 3

• not all women are married d. some happy
• not just men who frustrated

Question 4

feminism

Oakley - dual burden?

Answer 4

• 1750-1880 women excluded from work place, responsable for housework
• men became breadwinner, housewife role socially constructed
• paid work and unpaid housework

Question 5

feminism

Oakley evaluation?

Answer 5

• unequal division of labour isn’t inevietable
• DUncombe & Marsden: triple shift, emotional work

Question 6

feminism

Somerville - march of progress?

Answer 6

• reform, improving position of women in society & family,
• increased choice & increase dual worker families: equality
• increased flexability in paid employment: egualitarian relationships

Question 8

feminism

Somerville evaluation?

Answer 8

• social reforms isn’t improving position of women: Glass ceiling, gender pay gap
• policies: #metoo campiagn

Question 9

feminsim

Dobash & Dobash radical feminists?

Answer 9

• patriachal, heterosexual marriages legitimises violence against women by confering power & authority on husbands & economic dependancy on wives
• research: violent incidents could be triggerd by what a husbands saw as a challnge to authority

Question 10

feminism

Dobash & Dobash evaluation?

Answer 10

• not just heterosexual married women
• men also victims

Question 11

feminism

Mirza - black feminist?

Answer 11

• power stereotypes on black families,
• W/C: teenage, dependant on benefits
• M/C: superwomen
• draw attention to how media and government negatively judge black families against “idealised” white. M/C NF
• constructing idea black womens as mothers, undermines other roles
• ignores roles of fathers may be included despite not living in same house

Question 12

feminism

intersectionality?

Answer 12

• gender 1 part of identity, CAGE, location & ability shape experiences

Question 13

feminism

postmodernist feminists?

Answer 13

• changes: globalisation
• Stacey: increased choice : benefts women, leaving patriarchal relationships & new family arrangements
• stacey & meadow: increased flucity of family life, assisted technologies, increase in same sex,
• mainstream political: NF best