Gender Inequality- Marxist/Feminists

Question 1

What does Feeley discuss about the family?

Answer 1

Family teaches children to accept authority from father, and it seems natural for parents to have different roles in the home.

Question 2

Who discusses women’s domestic work as unpaid?

Answer 2

Benston

Question 3

Who talks about women being ‘takers of shit’?

Answer 3

Ansley

Question 4

What are the three Marxist feminists?

Answer 4

Feeley ~ family
Benson ~ free labour
Ansley ~ takers of shit

Question 5

What reasons does Engels give for women’s subordinate position?

Answer 5

• Ownership of private property and the development of the nuclear family that went with it.
• Under capitalism, men wanted to pass on inheritance.
• Marriage restricts women’s sexuality and protects male property rights.

Question 6

What do Neo Marxists say about conflict?

Answer 6

It isn’t just a class struggle, it effects any group where someone has more power over someone else.

Question 7

What is the Marxist sociologist who talks about women’s subordination through private property?

Answer 7

Engels

Question 8

How are Marxist feminists and neo-marxists criticised?

Answer 8

• Too much emphasise on class.
• Radicals say the patriarchy is more significant.
• Gender inequality still exists in socialist societies.
• Emphasise a revolution for change which is unrealistic.

Question 9

What Marxist discusses gender inequality?

Answer 9

Engels - private property and nuclear family

Question 10

What do Marxist feminists think overall?

Answer 10

• Family is a patriarchal institution where women are positioned as wives and mothers which results in them being exploited by capitalism.
• Capitalism depends on women to reproduce a next generation of workers

Question 11

What does Feeley say?

Answer 11

The family teaches children to accept authority from their fathers and that its normal for men and women to have different roles in the home as this is what they see. This leads to female oppression.

Question 12

What does Benson say?

Answer 12

Women’s domestic work is unpaid which benefits capitalism and keeps women trapped as they have to rely on men for money.

Question 13

What does Ansley say?

Answer 13

Women act as a ‘safety valve’ for men who come home exploited from work and take their anger out on their wives. They are ‘takers of shit’