Feminism

Question 0

Criticisms of liberal feminists

Answer 0

Don’t challenge underlying cause of inequality

Need far reaching revolution undermining social structure

Question 1

Liberal feminists

Answer 1

March of progress, not there yet and need more reforms, changes in attitudes and socialisation patterns

Question 2

Marxist feminism

Answer 2

Serve capitalism
Reproduce workers and care for current workers
Reserve army of cheap labour
Women absorb anger from frustration at work that would be directed at capitalism Ansley ‘takers of shit’. Explains domestic violence.
Family needs to be abolished with revolution

Question 3

Radical feminists

Answer 3

Men equal the enemy - family and marriage key institutions in maintains women’s subservience. Men benefit from unpaid labour and sexual services. Control through violence or threat of violence
Family must be abolished- separatism, women must live separate from men.

Political lesbianism- heterosexual relationships unequal as have to sleep with the enemy. Greer 2000 argues for matrilocal households.

Question 4

Greer 2000

Answer 4

Matrilocal households

Question 5

Criticisms of radical feminism

Answer 5

Somerville 2000
Don’t acknowledge progression
Heterosexual attraction means matrilocal households won’t work.
But concedes are yet to find full equality- family friendly policies like flexible working hours needed

Question 6

Difference feminism

Answer 6

Cannot generalise about women’s experiences

Black feminists argue family isn’t only source of repression, racism is too and family can be a support against it.

Question 7

Criticisms of difference feminism

Answer 7

Women do share many of the same experiences, more likely to suffer abuse, have low pay etc

Question 8

Criticisms of feminism, Marxism and functionalism.

Answer 8

Assume nuclear family dominant family type
Structural theories - ignore aspect of choice. Post modernists focus on meanings individuals give to family. Diversity proof of increasing choice