Feminists

Question 1

Liberal Femminism

Answer 1

argue that the family is gradually becoming more equal due to changes in laws and social attitudes. They emphasize that progress has been made through reforms such as equal pay legislation

Question 2

Radical Feminism

Answer 2

argue that girls are socialised to believe that oppression and inequality are normal and therefore they accept the inequality of family life

Question 3

Marxist Feminism

Answer 3

families help to preserve both capitalism and patriarchy

Question 4

Intersectional Feminism

Answer 4

consider the impact of other factors on patriarchy, such as race and ethnicity, cultural and religious backgrounds and different family types

Question 5

Patriarchy

Answer 5

the system in which men as a group are constructed as superior to women as a group and as such have authority over them

Question 6

Division of Labour

Answer 6

Feminists believe that conjugal roles aren’t equal. Feminists argue that steps towards men undertaking the expressive role are small and that women still do most of the housework and childcare

Question 7

Dual Burden

Answer 7

Women carry out both paid work and unpaid domestic labour

Question 8

Tripple Shift

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doing housework, paid work and offering emotional support or caring for the elderly

Question 9

Reserve army of labour

Answer 9

in a capitalist crisis married women are discharged from employment into the home and function as a reserve pool of labour to be drawn on in boom periods

Question 10

Power relationships

Answer 10

Men tend to have power over women in relationships, can be caused by factors such as the wage gap and the patriarchy

Question 11

Emotional Labour

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Women have to emotionally care for the family members, cheer them up when they’re down, calm them down and break up fights

Question 12

Domestic violence

Answer 12

intimate partner violence is the result of male oppression of women within a patriarchal system in which men are the primary perpetrators of violence and women the primary victims

Question 13

Patriarchal Control

Answer 13

the family is a repressive institution for females at the hands of men, preventing them from reaching their full potential

Question 14

Decision making

Answer 14

Men tend to have the final say in important decisions

Question 15

Oakley

Answer 15

gender socialisation maintains the interests of patriarchy, as gender stereotypes work against women

Question 16

Greer

Answer 16

see women entering into relationships with men as ‘sleeping with the enemy’ as the family unit is designed for patriarchal control