Gender and Inequality Flashcards
What is “gender”?
Socially constructed distinction between men and women (acquired). Personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being male or female.
What is the non-feminist theory of functionalism?
Talcott Parson’s complementary roles of men and women. Everyone has a its place in society. Men and women have their gender roles.
What is the non-feminist theory of essentialist perspectives?
Essentialist perspectives affirm that biological differences determine social positions of men and women in society. Positivist science.
What are 3 types of feminism?
Liberal, radical, socialist.
What is liberal feminism?
Freedom to develop own talents and interests. Have same civil rights as men.
What is radical feminism?
Women control their reproduction.
What is socialist feminism?
Stop the capitalist patriarchal exploitation of women.
Explain radical feminism.
Gender inequalities exist because men control women’s reproduction and sexuality.
What are some components of Firestone’s theory on radical feminism?
Women depend on men to survive, child rearing is long, strong bond between mothers and children, gender division of labour comes from biology.
How can women be freed in radical feminism?
Women must control their reproduction and sexuality. Their social status is rooted in their biology, new reproductive technologies can free women from their oppression.
What are some concepts of socialist feminism?
Marxism and feminism theories. Intersection of capitalism and patriarchy as systems of dominations. Intersection of processes of production and reproduction. Materialistic (economy), looks at paid and unpaid work.
What is socialist feminism?
Men control women’s labour, domestic division. Raises men’s children. Limited economic activity. Individual wage to family wage (man becomes single earner.
What are some components of the gender and labour market concept?
The glass ceiling, pink collar jobs, jobs are segregated by gender, discrimination in the workplace, sexual harassment in the workplace. Unpaid vs paid work.
What is the concept of feminization of poverty?
Men work more hours of paid work and redistribute the income in the couple therefore creating an economic dependency of wives on their husbands. This gives the men power.
Private patriarchy is a theory of socialist feminism. What is it?
Walby, customary authority of men in the household. Women have limited participation in the public sphere. Men appropriate women’s unpaid work.
