Feminism Flashcards
What is the patriarchy?
A social system in which men hold more authority and privilege
What to liberal feminists want?
Equality between men and women
What do radical feminists believe?
- We are currently living in a patriarchal society and that there cannot be equality between men and women.
- women should be separated from men as the only way to achieve liberation
What is political lesbianism?
Establishing intimate relationships with other women rather than men to fight against sexism and not feel oppressed in their relationship
What is a matrilocal household?
An all female household
Who is Somerville?
A liberal feminist who advocates 2 approaches to achieve gender equality
1) achieve cultural change through challenging gender stereotypes
2) achieve legislative reforms such as reproductive rights, the right to divorce, equal pay and legal recognition of abuse of women
Who is Oakley?
A liberal feminist who believes that gender is a social construct- gender identity is produced thought socialisation and is therefore dependent on the culture of society
What is separatism?
Women living apart from men completely
Some radical feminists believe in this
What do Marxist Feminists believe?
- women are only in a subordinate position due to capitalisms need for a supply of labour to be exploited.
- Women are being burdened with the responsibility for the reproduction of labour to provide capitalists with more workers
- women are being exploited of their unpaid domestic labour (housework)
Who is Firestone?
A radical feminist that believes that the root of female powerlessness lies in pregnancy, childbirth and childcare. This confines them to the domestic sphere and leaving them dependant on men
Who is Greer?
A radical feminist that advocates separatism and matrilocal households
- women are oppressed by their roles in the family
wife- must keep her husband happy
mothers-undervalued in society
daughters-more likely to b e subject to abuse
Who is Ansley?
A Marxist Feminist that argues that working class women perform the role of absorption of anger by taking in the stress of their husbands by managing their emotions , their violence and sexual demands.
Women are the ”takers of shit”
Men are alienated in the workplace, come home and take it out on women
What do difference feminists believe?
Criticises other feminist perspectives for treating women as a single homogenous group. They argue that the female experience is very different depending on social class, ethnicity, sexuality, religion, culture and locality.
What is intersectionality theory?
Examines that various overlaps that exist among women such as age, class and ethnicity.
Who is Benston?
A Marxist feminist that makes the point that is and when capitalism needs more labour, they’ll turn to women and use them as a reserve army of labour.
