feminism Flashcards
what is feminism
a political movement to end women oppression, gender quality e.c.t
what is a liberal feminism group
they are focused on campaigning against sex discrimination for equal rights and opportunities fro women- men also benefit from full gender quality
how do liberal feminism promote what they do
a) change peoples attitudes and behaviours through socialisation
b) passing legislation to out law discrimination
progress had been made
what are liberal feminism criticised for
being too optimistically and not necessarily promoted gender quality as they envisaged
what dies Marxists feminism group do
they think that the women’s oppression is through capitalism
what 4 functions servers for capitalism that Marxists feminism think
A) they produce the labour force through unpaid domestic labour- socialising the next generation of workers- values required by capitalists/ maintaining the current one
B) they should absorb anger- ansely “ takers of shit”- soak up frustration and anger- husband feel because of exploitation- suffer from work- explains domestic violence
C) nuclear family acts as valuable stabilising force within capitalist society “men are breadwinner” cant withdraw their labour
D) women “reserved army” of cheap labour- exploited depending on the needs of the economy
what is one way to have full gender equality
can be achieved if women are freed from domestic responsibilities
what do radical feminist believe that is the key source of women’s oppression
they think that the patriarchy within the family/ marriages links to women’s oppression
what do they think about men and family/ marriage
they think that men are the enemy
family/ marriages have a patriarchal institutions- men benefit from unpaid work through domestic labour and sexual services which are provide by women
also they dominate women through domestic violence
what does the sociologist Dobash (1970) state that is a key feature in the patriarchal society
he thinks that domestic violence is a key feature of the P society. men have power over women- there is a sociological rather than physcholoical explanation which links to the patterns on domestic violence dominating the social norms about gender and marriage
he states that families aren’t always secure, happy and functional unit
what did pahl(1985) say about the wider society viewing topics like domestic violence
its accepted in the wider society- we tend to deny that it even exists and its rare, only happens to confined and certain groups
there is also a contrast between the public and private sphere that is dichotomous it should remain separate
what does dobash and dobash say about police’s knowledge of domestic violence
police and higher authority is reluctant don’t make an effort with cases of domestic violence and their justifications of non intervention
what to radical feminist encourage women to do
they should separate from men
organise themselves and live independently
encourage advocate political lesbianism avoid sleeping with men
