Gender Inequality: Postmodernist Explanations of Gender Inequality Flashcards
Why would Postmodernists say there is more gender inequality in relation to attidues towards new family structures?
People are more accepting of other family structures
Which Postmodernists argued women are able to shape their family structure to their needs?
Stacey
According to Stacey, what traditional role to many women reject?
Housewife role
Name a type of family structure that is now accepted in society according to Stacey
Single-parent families
What did Cheal say?
There are more dual breadwinner families in the present day
Which section of Feminism argues the family is still used by men to oppress women?
Radical Feminism
What did Dobash and Dobash argue men feel they have the right to do?
Have the right to discipline their wives
Give a situation in which a man may feel he needs to discipline his wife
If she has not cooked dinner
What does the ‘right to discipline’ the wife usually result in for the wife?
They are domestically abused
Which groups of young people would Postmodernists say no longer experiences gender inequality?
Youth cultures
Which Postmodernist argued neo-tribes had replaced youth cultures?
Maffesoli
Name 2 characteristics of neo-tribes
No fixed set of norms and values, no fixed membership
What is the situation for who can join neo-tribes in relation to gender?
Both boys and girls can join neo-tribes
Which section of Feminism believe gender inequality in youth cultures persists?
Marxist-Feminism
Which Marxist-Feminists would say girls experience gender inequality in youth cultures?
McRobbie and Garber
What are girls forced to do by their parents instead of being able to go out and join a youth culture?
They are forced to stay home
What form of youth culture is developed by girls who stay home?
Bedroom Culture
Name 2 magazines girls would read in bedroom culture
Jackie, Cathy and Claire
In McRobbie and Garber’s study, what did girls learn through reading magazines?
Codes of femininity
Name 2 codes of femininity learnt by girls in bedroom culture
Valuing Beauty, Valuing Fashion
What form of gender roles are enforced onto girls in bedroom culture?
Traditional gender roles
What do Postmodernists say about all other sociological theories and their explanations of gender inequality?
They are all outdated
Which Postmodernist called other sociological theories outdated metanarratives?
Lyotard
What does it mean if a theory is an outdated metanarrative?
It is no longer able to explain the workings of society
What did Lyotard say caused all other sociological theories to become outdated metanarratives?
The fragmentation of society
What has resulted from the fragmentation of society for people in society?
They have become more individualised
Why does the individualisation in society cause all other sociological theories to become outdated?
Their theories can no longer be generalised to the rest of people in society
How would Marxists say they are not an outdated metanarrative?
Capitalism still leads to gender inequality
Which Marxist believes gender roles are connected to capitalism?
Engels
What is the benefit for the ruling class of emotional support being provided to all male workers?
They will be more productive the next day
According to Marxists, what do women as housewives provide to their husbands?
Emotional support
How do husbands feel with the control they have over their wife, according to Engels?
It is enough control for them not to feel concerned with how they are exploited in wider society
