Feminism strands

Question 1

Liberal feminist key ideas on equality (5)

Answer 1

• Individualism
• foundational equality
• Legal equality
• Political equality
• Equality of opportunity

Question 2

Liberal feminist ideas on change (3)

Answer 2

• Reformist and seek to enact change through democratic pressure
• Does not seek to challenge private, domestic sphere
• Doesn’t believe in fundamental re-structuring of society

Question 3

Socialist feminist ideas on the stem of gender inequality (2)

Answer 3

• believe stems from capitalism
• although more modern believe that these are 2 interlocking systems of oppression

Question 4

Engels ideas on women (2)

Answer 4

• in capitalism women’s role is to reproduce the labour force
• reserve army of labour

Question 5

Socialist feminist ideas on change

Answer 5

Revolution based on socialist values will bring women’s liberation

Question 6

Radical feminism key ideas (4)

Answer 6

• Gender inequality foremost system of oppression
• Society is purely patriarchal
• Personal is the political
• Sexual revolution is needed to fundamentally change structure and nature of society

Question 7

Post modern feminism (3)

Answer 7

• No fixed understanding of a ‘woman’
• Intersectionality- no single basis for woman’s subordination (therefore no 1 way of dealing with it)
• Opposes the idea of a ‘sisterhood’ and trying to find commonality (excludes POC experience)

Question 8

Differing views on human nature

Answer 8

• Equality feminists believe that men and women are the same
• vs. difference feminism and essentialism

Question 9

Differing views on the State (4)

Answer 9

• Liberals believe the state can promote female liberation
• Radicals - state primarily serves patriarchy
• Socialists- state serves capitalism
• Radical- state should play a role in eradicating patriarchy in BOTH the private and public sphere

Question 10

Differing views on society (4)

Answer 10

• AGREE: women not treated equally
• Radical: society pervaded by patriarchal values
• Radical equality: want to create a society where gender ceases to structure person’s identity
• Post-modern: challenges notion that gender sole determinant

Question 11

Differing views on the economy (3)

Answer 11

• All believe that women suffer from economic inequality
• Socialist: capitalism key determinate of female oppression
• Capitalism need women to play a subservient role

Question 12

Difference feminism idea on biology

Answer 12

“biology is destiny”