Personal Is Political

Question 1

Liberal

Answer 1

Reject person is political
focus on discrimination in the public sphere
want to see all barriers to entry in the public sphere removed
pri life is not to be analysed like politics

Question 2

Socialist

Answer 2

agree with personal is political
women are forced into domesticity to help reproduce the labour force for capitalism

Question 3

Radical

Answer 3

politics is wherever there is an imbalance of power
women are suppressed in the public and private spheres through male domination
opened pri life to public scrutiny

Question 4

Post-Modern

Answer 4

support the RF view of society as political
But see politics in a wider way than other radical feminists

Question 5

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Answer 5

society made girls conform to motherhood with gender based clothes and toys

Question 6

Kate Millett

Answer 6

P gave men ownership
- entrenched sexism with male superiority
family conformed girls to recognise male authority
women lose identity as take husband’s surname