Feminism Flashcards
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what aspects of inequality are Liberal Feminists most concerned with
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- education
- the family
- employment
2
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what are the 2 main methods of change in LFs view
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- changes in socialisation/ culture
- changes in law
3
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Liberal: what does Oakley distinguish
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- Oakley distinguishes between 2 things; gender and sex
- gender is the social differences between men and women
- sex is the fixed biological differences between men and women
4
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outline a contextual eg of sexism in the media
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- a Daily Mail front cover of female politicians with their legs on show captioned ‘Never mind Brexit, who won legs-it’
5
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what is radical feminists’ stance on the progress of society
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- society is not making progress
- don’t think that changes in attitudes + the law will make a difference
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Radical: what is Firestone’s view
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- the root of patriarchy is the biological differences in men and women
- women bear children and so are more dependent on a man
- men also benefit from women’s unpaid labour + sex services
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Rad: what is Brownmiller’s view
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- men are able to control women through fear of rape
- e.g. it keeps them from staying out late at night
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Rad: outline sexual politics
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- the male domination over women in all spheres of life
- this is possible due to fear of sexual assault
9
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Rad: outline RF’s views on sexuality
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- sexuality is a social construct; heterosexuality has been forced on society as the norm
- the media emits the message of the female body as a sexual being for male consumption
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Rad: outline Rich’s view
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- the female image (of satisfying men) has forced a narrow heterosexuality upon w
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Rad: outline political lesbianism
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- a solution to eradicate female subordination
- not sleeping with the enemy (men) removes the patriarchy imposed by the family structure
12
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Rad: outline Greer’s solution to patriarchy
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- ‘separatism’/ living separately from men to create female independence
13
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what do Marxist Fs say is the source of women’s oppression
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- capitalism
- ruling class men are the beneficiaries
14
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Marxist: what 2 aspects are women’s subordination due to
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- the emergence of private property
- women not owning the means of production
15
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Marxist: what 4 ways does the nuclear fam play into w’s oppression
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- w reproduce the labour force for free
- w absorb men’s anger from the workplace - wives are men’s takers of shit (Ansley)
- w are cheap labour due to pay gap
- the NF performs ‘ideological conditioning’ - teaches capitalist ideology (passive workers)
