LIB FEM VIEW ON GENDER INEQ Flashcards
what do liberal feminists believe about gender ineq?
society is stratified by gender e.g. men at top of society and women at the bottom
what do liberal feminists focus on?
stratification as a patriarchal system
liberal feminists say that patriarchal stratification is a result of…
gender role socialisation and ideology
Oakley is a…
liberal feminist
what does liberal feminist Oakley say happens to girls and boys?
gender role socialisation as UK has clear ideas about masculine and feminine types of behaviour
how are children taught gender role socialisation?
through their parents in primary socialisation process
what is gender role socialisation reinforced by?
peer groups, education, mass media
what is an example of patriarchal ideology?
patriarchal beliefs such as a mother as housewife
the main reason for a women’s subordination in the labour market is…
the dominance of the housewife role
what powerful ideology keeps women at home?
the belief that without them their children will be psychologically disadvantaged
what is the ‘feminine mystique’ found by Friedan?
women are socially pressured to become a housewife after WW2
how and where was the housewife glamourized according to Freidan?
in the media, consumer culture
what did Sue Sharpe’s study of teenage girls find?
education and careers were priority for women
what progress was made for women by the time of Sharpe’s study?
economic power through careers, improvements in equal opportunity legislation, political power in the government and social power through divorce and contraception
what do liberal feminists now believe that patriarchal ideology is in?
decline
