Feminism Flashcards
Feminism
inequality between men and women, there are 7 strands of feminism.
Patriarchy
Male dominated society
One way society is patriarchal?
Parliament has historically been dominated by men
Liberal feminism
Believe that ignorance and socialisation causes gender inequality
Key features of liberal feminism
“March of progress” - society is gradually becoming more equal.
Drastic and revolutionary change is not the best way to achieve gender equality
One liberal feminist
Jenifer somerville
Key features of radical feminism
They view oppression of women as most important form of oppression.
It is a movement intent on rapid + extensive social change, calls for radical reordering of society
Issues radical feminists are interested in
Rape,violence + pornography - view these as methods where men have obtained power over women
One radical feminist
Geramine Geer
key features of Marxist feminism
They combine both capitalism and gender inequality, believe women are expolited by Capitalism and gender inequality, labour + housework
One marxist feminist
Margaret Benston
Intersectional feminism
focus on how different identities overlap with gender and interact with gender, include many groups of feminists such as woc, they all argue we cannot understand gendered relations without understanding class,age and ethnicity
One intersectional feminist
Kimberle crenshaw
One criticism of feminism?
assumes women are passive - lack agency to be able to make own decisions
Second criticism of feminism?
Overly negative. Ignores positive changes that have happened to gender relations over the years
