Feminist view

Question 1

Liberal feminism

Answer 1

Families are slowly becoming more equal through changes in the law and social attitudes, but full equality has not yet been achieved.

Children are now being socialised into more gender neutral ways

Question 2

EVAL - liberal

Answer 2

Overstates the amount of progress that has been made e.g women still have the triple shift

Question 3

Radical feminists

Answer 3

Men are the enemy and marriage is a key institiution that allows patriarchy to exist.

The family needs to be abolished for patriarchy to be abolished as oppression is inevitable

Question 4

EVAL - radical

Answer 4

Sommerville - radical feminists fail to see improvements made e.g better access to divorce

Question 5

Marxist feminists

Answer 5

Capitalism oppress women in the family, not men.

• women reproduce the workforce
• women absorb anger from men due to alienation in the workplace
• women are a reserve army of cheap labour

Question 6

EVAL - marxist

Answer 6

Women are no longer a reserve army of labour, as they have equal rights to work