patriarchy

Question 1

key agreement principles

Answer 1

agreement that society is defined by gender inequality that must be challenged
agreement in relation to the importance of societal attitudes and gender roles to womens oppression

Question 2

key tensions disagreements

Answer 2

disagreement over whether the economy and society are patriarchal including
- liberal fmeinisms disagreement with radical feminism in relation to whether the existing economy and society need to be fundamentally transformed or whether women need to be given equal status to men within it
- post modern feminisms intersectional critique of patriarchy generalising womens experiences
disagreement over whether the personal is political and the centrality of the private sphere and family to the oppression of women