Feminist- role of the family

Question 1

Ansley

Answer 1

Marxist Feminism
-Women absorb anger otherwise directed at capitalism
-Wives are ‘takers of shit’ due to husbands feeling alienated and exploited

1972

Question 2

Marxist Feminism

Answer 2

-Women reproduce the labour force
-Reserve army of cheap labour

Question 3

Oakley

Answer 3

Liberal Feminism

Question 4

Greer

Answer 4

Radical Feminism
-Men are the enemy
-Family and marrige key institutions for patriarchy
-Argues for political lesbianism, heterosexual relationships are inevitably oppressive
-Calls for all female or ‘matrilocal’ households

2000

Sommerville- march of progress

Question 5

Difference Feminism

Answer 5

Generalisations
-Argue hetero + homo, blsck + white, MC + WC all have very different experiences of family from one another
-Black feminists see the family positively, a place of support and resistance against racism