Feminism

Question 1

What is feminists attitudes to society?

Answer 1

Very negative and see the bad in everything.

Question 2

What scale do they look at society on?

Answer 2

MACRO scale

Question 3

What is a male dominated society called?

Answer 3

Patriarchial

Question 4

When do feminists believe society is based on?

Answer 4

Conflict ( between the sexes )

Question 5

Who is the disadvantaged gender?

Answer 5

Women

Question 6

What are the strands of feminism?

Answer 6

Liberal feminism, Marxist feminist, Radical feminism

Question 7

Describe liberal feminism

Answer 7

they belive men and women are becoming more equal in society. we need to be socialised differently to get rid of sexist laws. They are interested in public sphere ( not in family life/private sphere )

Question 8

Describe marxist feminists?

Answer 8

The problem is capitalism and the solution is to get rid of it and replace it with a communist society where men and women will be equal. Women where a reserve army of labour, got tret the worse and encourage to stay at home and work, howveer they wouldnt get paid.

Question 9

Describe radical femisinsm

Answer 9

Women are seen as being exploited by men and patriarchal society. some radical feminism believe the solution is separatism - this means that men and women should live apart. political lesbianism was also introduced which did take away peoples choices and they couldnt have children