Feminism Flashcards
What type of theory is feminism?
Conflict
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Glass Ceiling
Women are less likely to recieve top paying jobs
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Three pieces of evidence for female inequality
- Gender pay gap
- Women are responsible for the home
- Represented as submissive + naive
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First Wave Feminism
- Suffragettes - fighting for female suffrage
- 1800s - 1900s
- Representation of the people acts - 1918 + 28
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Second Wave Feminism
- Equal pay
- Civil rights + Gay rights
- 1960s + 70s
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Third Wave Feminism
- Abortion rights
- Female empowerment
- 1990s
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Fourth Wave Feminism
- # MeToo
- 21st Century
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Feminism
A belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.
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The three strands of feminism
- Liberal
- Marxist
- Radical
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Liberal feminist key thinkers
- Ann Oakley - 1974
- Sue Sharpe - 1970s +90s
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Marxist feminist key thinkers
- Margret Benston - 1972
- Diane Feeley - 1972
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Radical feminist key thinker
Ti-Grace Atkinson - 1968
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Key concepts of liberal feminism
- Optimism for equality
- Campaigning for legal change
- Steady improvement in the loss of traditional values
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Key concepts of marxist feminism
- Class and gender inequality are entwined
- Capitalism must be abolished to abolish the patriarchy
- Glass ceiling + gender pay gap
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Key concepts of radical feminism
- Society is built on patriarchy
- Male dominated cultural products - ‘malestream’
- Women are socialised to accept a subordinate role
Ann Oakley
Gender roles are socialised
1974
Sue Sharpe
Asked female students about aspirations
1970s + 90s
Margret Benston
Women perform unpaid labour for men
1972
Diane Feeley
Women produce and rear the future work force
1972
Ti-Grace Atkinson
Women could live in a society without men - political lesbianism
1968
