marxist fems

Question 1

key ideas

Answer 1

-capitalism intensifies gender inequality
-BENSTON- women do hours and hours of unpaid housework and childcare
-women suffer gender pay gap
- fawcett =women end 13%less than men
-BEACHEY=women are reserved army of labour(called upon when economy needs)

Question 2

what do marxists say about the family

Answer 2

-men take out frustration on women , they’re the takers of shit(Ansley )
-family unit of consumption- sold products and services to make money for economy
-ENGELS-inheritance stays within family
-women take care of men so they can work

Question 3

how to criticise marxist fems

Answer 3

-difference fems would say it doesn’t focus enough on ethnicity
-families are now more symmetrical
-women also now work
-men now doing more housework
- gender inequality can happen in communist areas
-radical fems attribute gender pay gap to patriarchy (male bosses pay women less)

Question 4

what are dual systems theory

Answer 4

-both patriarchy and capitalism which work together to disadvantage women
- believe women’s responsibility at home crates an economic dependence on men
-women are paid less, lower status
-women dependent on men
-women likely to give up job to care for child