Marx Feminism : Class Inequalities Flashcards
What are the theories for Marx Feminism?
- Diane Feeley
- Margret Benston
- Fran Ansley
- Irene Bruegel
What does Marx Fem: Fran Ansley say ?
- women soothe frustration of proletariat men
- women act as a safety valve and takers of shit
- men come back from work and abuse women physically and emotionally
What does Diane Feeley argue ?
Family reproduced next generation of workers and brainwashes into Norm and values that benifit capitalism to encourage children to be obedient and hardworking
What does Diane Feeley say that the family does ?
- submit to patriarchy
- boy’s brainwashed to become breadwinners
- socialises into accepting traditional gender roles which are ‘natural’
- men and women should have different roles
- capitalist system underpaying women
What does Margret Benston argue the family does
Makes Women help to support the capitalist system in two ways
What are the two ways that family exploit women by capitalism according to Margret Benston ?
- Supporting the male workforce (for free)
- Reproduction of labour for free (for free)
How does women support the male workforce according to Marx fem : Margret Benston ?
Women renew men’s ability to go out to work and create profit by cooking, washing and attending to their sexual and emotional needs to help capitalism run smoothly
How does women reproduce labour force for free according to Margaret Benston ?
Women socialises and care for children and reproduces the next generation of workers at no cost to capitalist employees
How does capitalism exploit women according to Irene Bruegel ?
Capitalist differentiation between men work and women work
What ways do capitalism exploit women according to Irene Bruegel ?
- Cheap labour for insecure Jobs
- Reserve army of labour if men become less about to work e.g in war women had to pick up after men
What are the evaluations of Marxism feminism ?
- importance of choice
- will communism solve patriarchy ?
- are capitalism and patriarchy equally important?
- is it realistic ?
What does will communism solve patriarchy evaluation say ?
Women’s experience of communism has been far from happy e.g in china women’s fertility has been greatly restricted by policies
What does are capitalism and patriarchal equally important evaluation say ?
Patriarchy is more significant form of exploitation that was before capitalism and exists in all societies
What does is it realistic evaluation say ?
Replies on Revolution for a change but does not seem to be happening
What does the importance of choice evaluation say ?
Gender identities are no longer fixed and range of masculine and feminine to choose from
