Feminism - society dominated by men + women oppressed to domestic life

Question 1

DECISIONS

Answer 1

AO1 - men control big choices by domestic threats
AO2 - hanmer and saunders = womens behaviour controlled by fear of men
✅AO3 - impact of freedom that ordinary women expect
❌AO3 - women not single group / some object social system

Question 2

LIBERAL

Answer 2

AO1 - gradual process to overcome law/attitudes
AO2 - gershuny = men lag adaption to domestic roles (dont WANT to, they HAVE to)
❌AO3 - men could be constrained to masc roles
connel - instrumental = suppress expressive side = emotional problems

Question 3

MARXIST

Answer 3

AO1 - capitalism/patriarchy = main oppression, equality by abolishing class
AO2 - reserve army of labour - men cant demand high wages as women employed for cheaper
AO2 - ansley = women takers of shit, abuse from male stress (anger directed to capatilism) (fem version of parsons warm bath theory)
❌AO3 - women in reserve army = outdated = employment uk 2022 79% men 72% women
❌AO3 - hakim = outdated, they can choose to leave

Question 4

RADICAL

Answer 4

AO1 - men benefit from women unpaid labour/sexual services
AO2 - purdy = women exploited due to biology and primary care role
AO2 - greer - all men potential rapists (1/5 adults experience da) = more matrifocal communities
❌AO3 - extreme to men (all men potential rapists)
❌AO3 - summers - anti-male bias = ignore unreported da to men

Question 5

POWER

Answer 5

AO1 - power imbalance between men + women
AO2 - hardill - 30 dual career couples = women structured around men, men career is priority, big decisions by men
AO2 - oakley - social pressures = repressed womens ambitions + lifestyles
✅AO3 - points out women oppression normalised

Question 6

MIRROR

Answer 6

AO1 - millicet - fam = mirror wider society
AO2 - duncombe + marsden - working hasnt improved womens lives = forced dual burden, triple shift
❌AO3 - victimises women instead of empower
❌AO3 - generalises women = some okay with it