feminist views on the family

Question 1

what is the feminist view overall on the family

Answer 1

feminism is a conflict view that sees family as a patriarchal society that reinforces male dominance and benefits men whilst disadvantaging women

Question 2

what are the four main types of feminism

Answer 2

liberal, a march of progress, Sommerville

Radical - highly oppressive to women - dobash and dobash - highlights dark side of the family

Marxist - women are oppressed by patriarchy and capitalism - ansley

difference - many different types of patrauicach and experiences women go through cannot be categorized into one type

Question 3

explain liberal feminism

Answer 3

liberal feminists believe that there has been a growing change in the position of women in families and in wider society, they believe in the march of progress which is due to
- changing attitudes towards women
changing laws such as the divorce reform, equal pay act
- marital rights have improved, encouraging employment etc , these change in the law has contributed to the greater march of progress

Question 4

what does sommervile believe in?

Answer 4

Sommerville is a liberal feminist who argues that reform on social policy is one of the key aspects that has lead to greater equality between men and women which has improved women’s positions
for example, the family planning act which allowed women to take control of their contraception and have abortions.

Question 5

explain marxism feminism

Answer 5

Marxist feminists argue that women are dully oppressed by patriarchy and capitalism which highly disadvantage women,
they focus on the impacts of unpaid labor in the home
such as the dual burden which is the emotional , nurturing tasks women take n in the household as well as carrying the weight of the husband and the triple
shift,

Question 6

name the sociologits that supports marxist theory

Answer 6

• ansley …

Question 7

explain some other points on marxist femnism

Answer 7

Marxists feminism also highlight women’s explotation in the labour market for example they act as a reserve of labour when society is in times of economic need but are ignored and oppressed elsewhere

Question 8

what do radical feminist view the family as ?

Answer 8

Radical feminists view the family as an patriarchal institution that thrives on the explotation of women , radical feminist highlight the unequal power between women and men

Question 9

how would radical feminist argue that there is an unequal division in familys between men and women

Answer 9

radical feminists would ague that that the unequal division between men and women is due to men’s coercive nature , they used there power , financial stability , psychological power to dominate women and used there place in society to their adavangte especially in the family where the social expectation was for women to be housewives

Question 10

what sociologist supports radical femnist views

Answer 10

DOBASH AND DOBASH

Question 11

what do dobash and dobash argue -

Answer 11

dobash and dobash argue that patriarchal heterosexual marriages and family’s legitimise violence against women but conferring the power and authority on men/ husbands and reinforcing economic dependency on wives , there violence was triggered by a challenge to authority which is why domestic abuse has high rates around football etc

Question 12

what are evaluations to dobash and dobash -

Answer 12

critics suggest that dobash and dobashs point ignores the fact that not all women in heterosexual marriages are domestically abused and this can occur in same sex relationships

• men do not always benefit from patriarchy when they are abused it is not seen as serious

Question 13

gives some evaluations to Somerville arguments

Answer 13

Summerville is a liberal feminist that believe the position of women are improving because of the reform in social policy such as the

• divorce reform act - allowed women to get divorced
• family planning act - allowed women to take control over their own bodies , introduction of contraception and aborting
• equal pay act - equal pay between men and women
• the exclusion of the marital rape clause etc 1992 - no longer seen as the property of men

evaluations
- social reform is not always successful in improving the position of women - arguably has not been enforced as women are still being paid significantly less than men which has not lead to gender equality

Question 14

what type of sociological thoery did ansey support

Answer 14

MARXISM feminism

Question 15

what IS Ansleys theory ?

Answer 15

ANSLEY argue that women’s role in the family is to stabilise adult personalities and act as a safety valve which allows husbands to take frustration and emotional baggage out on their wives due to the pressures of capitalism , Ansley describes women as the takes of shit because women absorb

Question 16

WHAT are some evaluations to Ansleys argument?

Answer 16

• NOT ALL WOMEN who are in a nuclear familyy are unhappy of feel that they are takes of shit
• this point ignores the idea that women can also put there frustration on men

Question 17

who is OKALEY

Answer 17

okaley is a feminist that argues that industrialisation lead to the separation of paid wok from the home as women were excluded from the workplace and put into a house wife role where they looked after children and their husbands causing an economic depdnecy which introduced the DUAL BURDEN where women feel a strain on doing housework and paid work

Question 18

what sociologist spoke about the dual burden?

Answer 18

OAKLEY - the strain between piad work and housework

Question 19

what sociologist agrees with parson that the housewife role was socially constructed

Answer 19

OAKLEY