Feminist View Flashcards
1
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Liberal feminists
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Campiagn agaisnt sexual discrimination
Opression is slowly declining
Family life is slowly improving for women —> receiving more help with housework and childcare
2
Q
Marxist Feminists
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Main cause of opression is not men but capitalism
Women reproduce the labour force
3
Q
Ainsley (marx)
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Women absorb anger
“Wives are the takers of mens shit”
Women soak up husbands anger due to problems he may face at work (domestic abuse)
4
Q
Brugel (marx)
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Women act as a reserve army of labour - used by the R/C in times of need (WW2/XMAS)
5
Q
Radical Fems
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All societies are based on patriarchy
Men are the enemy
Family and marriage reinforce patriarchy (women take on the mans surname
