RAD FEM VIEW ON GENDER INEQ

Question 1

summarise the radical feminist view on gender ineq

Answer 1

gender inequality is the most important inequality

Question 2

Delphy argues that men and women constitute as different classes. These classes are organised through…

Answer 2

exploitation of women by men through labour power in the family done by patriarchal ideology where the woman’ place is in the home and physical power such as domestic abuse

Question 3

what do radical feminists believe is the main source of patriarchal power?

Answer 3

the family through gender role socialisation, although all institutions are characterized by the patriarchy

Question 4

Millett argues that…

Answer 4

politics exists in any power structured relationship so in education, family and the workplace the male seeks to dominate the female

Question 5

girls are socialised into these political relationships through gender role socialisation such as behaviour and…

Answer 5

psychology such as their temperament, their confidence and attitude

Question 6

how else can girls be seen to be put into these political relationships?

Answer 6

through biology such as their physical strength, vulnerability and their ability to have a child

Question 7

what does Millett say we need to do to get out of these relationships?

Answer 7

sexually liberate ourselves away from heterosexual relationships

Question 8

Firestone argues the ‘sexual class system’ where…

Answer 8

men and women were separated by their biological differences, making them dependent on males

Question 9

Firestone said the consequence of the sexual class system is…

Answer 9

men enjoying their power over women and wishing to extend it over other men, also explaining class and racial inequality

Question 10

Firestone says the only way out of the sexual class system is…

Answer 10

birth control and technology such as IVF, allowing women to be freed from childbirth and nuclear family relationships