Okin "The Liberal Feminist"

Question 1

What things are included within the concept of the Feminization of Poverty?

Answer 1

1. Pay equity
2. Uneqaul financial/familial responsibility after divorce.

Question 2

What is equality of opportunity?

Answer 2

It is a concept that ensures all individuals have access to the same opportunities if they are interested.

Question 3

What are the proposed solutions to help remedy the unequal family responsibilities?

Answer 3

Welfare provision: public education, child services, flexible work hours, child support payments.

Elimination of the concept of gender.

Question 4

What is Gender discrimination?

Answer 4

When opportunities are less available based on gender affliction, for example, some careers are less accommodating to women due to the unequal distribution of family responsibilities and child-rearing.

Question 5

What is Pluralism?

Answer 5

A system of states, societies, sources of authority, or genders that coexist within the same domains.

Question 6

What are some limitations of Okin’s view on feminism?

Answer 6

Family justice focuses only on inequality of roles and gendered violence is often overlooked.