Feminism

Question 1

what do liberals argue about women in society

Answer 1

• women are discriminated against in society

- focus only on public sphere

Question 2

why do liberals only focus on public sphere

Answer 2

believe in maintaining women personal freedom of choice about their domestic role. Individualism etc..

Question 3

what do they fear about entering the private sphere

Answer 3

fear encroaching on private sphere could mean creeping totalitarianism

Question 4

what do radicals argue about women in society

Answer 4

society is pervaded by patriarchal values that seek to preserve mens dominant position in society

Question 5

what do radicals argue about public-private sphere

Answer 5

patriarchy starts in private sphere and speeds to public sphere

Question 6

what phrase do radicals use for the public-private sphere?

Answer 6

‘the person is political’

Question 7

what did Andrea Dworkin say about public-private sphere?

Answer 7

“many women, I think, resist feminism because it is an agony to be fully conscious of the brutal misogyny which permeates, culture, society, and all personal relationships”

Question 8

what do socialists argue about the public-private sphere

Answer 8

patriarchy starts in public sphere and spreads to private sphere

Question 9

what did Sheila Rowbotham say about public-private sphere?

Answer 9

“family unit serves as a unit of control”

Question 10

what do liberals argue is the cause of patriarchy

Answer 10

legal+political oppression

unequal distribution of rights in public sphere

Question 11

what do socialists associate patriarchy with?

Answer 11

Capitalism

Question 12

how does capitalism create patriarchy

Answer 12

capitalism needs workers to be supported and looked after by unpaid helpers to enable them to carry out a proper day’s work

Question 14

what do radicals argue about patriarchy

Answer 14

stems from and reflects dominance of husband/father within the family

Question 15

how do liberals seek to overthrow patriarchy

Answer 15

women should gain equal access to the public realm

campaign for more women in senior economic+political positions

Question 15

what did Kate Millet say about patriarchy

Answer 15

family was ‘patriarchy’s key institution’

Question 16

what do radical argue about relationships

Answer 16

all relationships based on power + dominance

Question 17

how do socialist seek to overthrow patriarchy

Answer 17

class revolution required to overthrow capitalism and thus patriarchy

Question 18

what did bell hooks say about patriarchy?

Answer 18

it [feminsm] is necessarily a struggle to eradicate ideology of domination that permeates western culture

Question 19

what do liberals believe the state should do?

Answer 19

• state can play a role in promoting female liberation by promoting legal and political equality
• stance can help to ensure that there is equality of opportunity between the sexes

Question 20

what radicals argue the state does?

Answer 20

state promotes interests the interests of patriarchy over the interests of women

Question 21

what do radicals believe is needed to change structure of state?

Answer 21

sexual revolution

Question 22

what socialists argue the state does?

Answer 22

works in the interest of capitalism and therefore patriarchy

Question 23

what did Kate millet say about the state?

Answer 23

the subordinated group has inadequate redress through existing political institutions

Question 24

what do all feminists agree on about the state?

Answer 24

state has a role to play in changing life for women

Question 25

what did Perkins Gilman argue about sex and domestic economics?

Answer 25

• sex and domestic economic went hand in hand
• she says for women to survive they were reliant their sexual assets to please their husband so that he would financially support his family

Question 26

why do liberal feminists believe state should do more to help women?

Answer 26

• women are of equal value to men, so deserve the same rights
• believe state should do more to help women
• state needs to change

Question 27

what do radicals believe state should do to help society?

Answer 27

radicals believe state needs to help to enforce big change to help promote position of women

Question 28

what do all women agree about sex and gender?

Answer 28

Differentiation between sex and gender

Question 29

what do liberals believe about men and women?

Answer 29

all individuals are equal so men and women are equal

Question 30

what do liberals accept about sex and gender?

Answer 30

• accept difference in sex but rejected difference in gender
• gender a societal construct - learned behaviour

Question 31

what does Wollstonecraft say about sex and gender?

Answer 31

the mind has no gender

Question 32

why do socialists believe women are placed in their gender roles?

Answer 32

• to serve needs of capitalist society
• women in subservient roles
• capitalism requires women to look after worker

Question 33

how do socialists want to get rid of gender?

Answer 33

• prioritise class over gender

- state needs to be overthrown in order to overthrow patriarchy

Question 34

what socialists argue the state does?

Answer 34

works in the interest of capitalism and therefore patriarchy

Question 35

what did Kate millet say about the state?

Answer 35

the subordinated group has inadequate redress through existing political institutions

Question 36

how do liberals seek to get rid of gender imbalance?

Answer 36

primarily through democratic pressure

Question 37

what do liberals believe will happen when barriers to workplace are removed?

Answer 37

• merely a matter of time before women enter all areas of industry
• when women start do ‘men’s jobs’ society will accept no industry that women cannot work in

Question 38

what will increase speed of gender stereotypes being broken for liberals?

Answer 38

younger women seeing women in jobs of power and importance