Feminism

Question 1

What are the four types of feminism?

Answer 1

• Liberal
• Radical
• Black and Difference
• Marxist

Question 2

What are the key ways that family’s maintain patriarchy?

Answer 2

• domestic labour
• emotional labour
• male domination
• economic dependency

Question 3

What is Liberal Feminism

Answer 3

• change through law - belief equal rights can be achieved by changing the law
• Woolstonecraft : women are trapped in a bird cage that is our patriarchal society

Question 4

What is Radical feminism?

Answer 4

• Believe society is patriarchal and oppresses women
• radical feminists want to free women - separatism
• Millet : men benefit directly from female exploitation
• Rich : looks at compulsory sexuality - women are forced into heterosexuality

Question 5

What is Marxist Feminism?

Answer 5

• sexual division of labour benefits capitalism
• women are economically dependant on men and have no access to their money
• Oakley : when married the women loses her identity, she is expected to carry out housework + childcare, men’s needs are assumed to be more important
• Breugal : reserve army of labour - women are easy to hire and fire

Question 6

What is black/difference feminism?

Answer 6

• we cannot generalise women’s experiences
• may differ depending on class, ethnicity or sexuality
• Amos and Parmar : Black women have to deal with racism alongside sexism

Question 7

What are the criticisms of the feminist outlook?

Answer 7

• assume nuclear family is the dominant family type
• structural view of society - assume families are passive puppets manipulated to perform certain functions -> ignoring choice and diversity

Question 8

Oakley

Answer 8

Marxist
House wife study - women and industrialisation
Sexual division of labour means women are expected to be responsible for domestic work and labour

Question 9

Millet

Answer 9

Radical

Men benefit directly from female exploitation - seperatism

Question 10

Benston

Answer 10

Marxist

Unpaid labour + 2 workers for the price of one

Question 11

Woolstonecraft

Answer 11

Liberal
Women should be equal partners in marriage and should be entitled to an education. Women exist in a metaphorical ‘bird cage’ as women are trapped in a patriarchal society

Question 12

Breugal

Answer 12

Marxist

Reserve army of labour

Question 13

Ansley

Answer 13

Marxist

Expressive role acts as a safety valve - takers of shit

Question 14

Delphy + Leonard

Answer 14

Radical
Women provide 57 varieties of unpaid labour - emotional labour
Listening, agreeing understanding and flattering their husbands

Question 15

Dobash + Dobash

Answer 15

Domestic violence study

Question 16

Rich

Answer 16

Radical

Complusory heterosexuality

Question 17

Firestone

Answer 17

Radical

Childbearing as a burden - use of science

Question 18

Amos and Parmar

Answer 18

Black and Difference

Black women may have different experiences to other women as they not only have to deal with sexism, but racism too.