Intersectionality

Question 1

WALBY

“Gender transformations”

Answer 1

• Young women made important gains compared to older women as they may still experience private patriarchy.
• Younger women are less likely to accept gender discrimination.
• Patriarchy isn’t fixed and changes over time.

Question 2

Private patriarchy

Answer 2

Women are limited to domestic sphere of home and the family.

Question 3

Public Patriarchy

Answer 3

Women enter public sphere of empowerment, politics etc.

Question 4

Disadvantages women still suffer…

Answer 4

• Sexuality - double standards for men having many sexual partners compared to women.
• Paid employment - women are discriminated from employers and restricted access into careers. They face horizontal and vertical segregation.
• Household - women are exploited in the family and take primal responsibility for housework and childcare.
• State - interests for men then women in terms of taxation, welfare rules etc.
• Violence against women - threat of violence and sexual assault is used by men to control women.
• Cultural institutions - (the media) represent women in a narrow set of social roles (see objects, mothers and housewives)

Question 5

EVALUATION

Answer 5

• Improves on other feminist ideas as it incorporates aspects of different feminism.
• STACY argues it over-emphasises the influence of social structure on behaviour. Women negotiate such systems and are more active.