Feminist Theory Of The Family

Question 1

Liberal feminism -

Answer 1

In the family boys and girls occupy positions of power and subordinatuon - boys learn to be breadwinners

Question 2

Women given the vote

Answer 2

1932

Question 3

Women given the same property and inheritance rights as men

Answer 3

1870

Question 4

Equal pay act

Answer 4

1975

Question 5

The contraception pill available to the nhs

Answer 5

1970s

Question 6

Rape within marriage was made illegal

Answer 6

1990s

Question 7

Sharpe - changing social attitudes

Answer 7

Teenage girls now see careers and educational qualifications as more important than marriage and motherhood

Question 8

Wilkinson

Answer 8

Attitudinal changes between generations of women are now so signification they constitute a ‘gender quake’

Question 9

Dworkin - radical feminism

Answer 9

Men use their physical power and threat of it to control wome and keep them in a subordinate place in families

Question 10

Delphy and Leonard

Answer 10

Husbands exploit women in the home by making little contribution to housework and childcare , women are expected to flatter and emotionally maintain them.

Question 11

Feminism and family social policy

Answer 11

Sharpe and Oakley argue that social policies relating to equal opportunities and work pay have helped many women to insist on more equality within the family.

Question 12

Fran ansley ( Marxist feminist)

Answer 12

Women absorb the anger that would other be directed at capitalism

Question 13

Radical feminists - dual burden

Answer 13

Paid work and unpaid housework which men benefit from

Question 14

Dark side of family life

Answer 14

According to the British crime survey domestic violence accounts for a sixth of all violent crime and nearly 1 in 4 women will experience this