Theory inequalities Gender Flashcards
Black feminsim
Brewer
Abbort et al
Yuval- Davies
functionalism
Murdock
Parsons
Rastogi
Murdock
Functionalism
women are located in the home because of their biological functions of bearing children their physique means they are less able than men to perform strenuous tasks. This gender division of labour and is event in all societies.
Parsons
functional
men - instrumental role -more practical role, bread winner.
women - express role -and caring roles , house wives
explains men and women’s different experience in the labour market and public sphere
Rastogi
functionalism
sees human capital as ‘knowledge’ competency , attitude and behaviour embedded in an induvial and work experience.
men work ortered and committed to their jobs
women - home makers
women develop lower levels of human capital
pay gap is justified due to less capital
New right
Murray
Dennis and Erdos
Schlafly
Murray
New right Targets single mum and blames working class and underclass women for their own position suggest a cycle of deprivation
- advocates the nuclear
- blames single parent mother
- it is a function for women to fulfil the housewife role
Dennis and Erdos
New right
Says fatherless children are less likely to be successfully socialized into the culture of discipline.
Schlafly
New right
Response to feminist.
Marriage and motherhood have their trials and tribulations but what lifestyle does not? … the flight from home is a flight from self , from responsibility , from the nature of women , n the pursuit of false hopes and fading fantasies
Marxist
Engles
Engles
Suggested that women’s subordinate positions is a result of the ownership of private property and the development of the nuclear family that went with it.
Key argument is the exploited relationship that occurs between the bourgeoisie and proletariat., which is translated into the household in relationships between men and women.
Radical feminist
Stanko
Adkins
Stanko
Radical feminism
Says sexual harrsment in the workplace is used to keep women in their place
Men use their power in the workplace to protect their positions.
Bar work and secretarial work are sexualsied.
Adkins
radical feminism
Studied gendered division of labour at an amusement park.
Horizontal and vertical segregation in the workplace disadvantaged the roles of women. In theme parks, males worked as ride operators whilst women worked in catering. In these roles, women faced regular sexual harassment from other staff and customers.
Marxist feminist
feeley
Benston
Ansley
Beechey
Feeley
Marxist feminism
The family is designed to teach passivity not rebellion
Women socialise family members to accept traditional gender roles and that it is natural for them to take these roles
Benston
Marxist feminism
The unpaid domestic labour supports a capitalist system
If women were paid it for their contribution to the hose and domestic jobs there would be a huge realistubition of wealth which the ruling don’t want
Ansley
Marxist feminism
Women act as a a safety value as women are the ‘takers of shit’
Husbands let out there anger on there wvies after being exploited all day.
Wives take this like a ‘sponge’
If every worker has a sponge then it will aid to the false class consciousness
Beechey
Marxist feminism
Women are cheap reserved labour , brought in during economic booms and thrown out during slumps
- creates competition
- reduces the wage for all workers
- reduces the wage and increase the rate of exploitation
Liberal feminist
Oakley
Mcrobbie
Oakley
Liberal feminism
Manipulations - encouraging or discouraging gender appropriate behaviour
Canalisation - parents directing children’s interests into certain toys and plays
Verbal appellation
Parents using stereotypical femine and mascuine description
domestic activites
McRobbie
Liberal Feminist
Cult of femininity and bedroom culture
Girls stick together and hide in the privacy of there rooms to prevent them from being harassed by males
Girls have the girl best friend as it is more appealing to males
Brewer
Black feminist
Black women are more discriminate against because they are women, black and working class ( triple systems theory)
Yuval - Davies
Black feminist
Critieses feminism and says
It is ethnocentric
All experiences talked about are from white middle class people who do not experience the same type of dricrimnation
Abbort et al
Women experiences derived from white perspectives and priorities.
White feminists have been able to speak on behalf of black women
Post feminist
Walby
Hakim
Walby
Post feminism
Concept triple system of oppression , ( supported black feminism )
Evolved from private patriarchy and public patriarchy ( the public sphere)
Six patriarchy structures
Paid employment The household The state Cultural institutions Sexuality Violence
Hakim
Post feminism
Unfair employment practices but they hae prefenes and make rational choices in terms if the type of work they do
Home centrued
Adaptive
Work centered
Weberian
Barron and Norris
The electoral commission - political activism gap
Barron norris
Weberian
Dual labour market, which can be use to explain women’s employment pattens
-primary labour market - highly paid , high status, job security
-secondary labour market- lower paid, lower status, less security
the electoral commission - political activism gap
Women are less likely to parachute in the election than men
- women with children are less likely to vote
- women in marriages are less likely to vote compared to men in marriage
Postmodern
Skeggs
Faludi
Skeggs
postmodern
Society is now too divied to talk about patarachy and men and women there are no longer different types of feminism and masculinities.
Women are too divided by class , gender, ethnicity and ages for these concepts to be useful
Faludi
Feminist balcklash and the younger generation do not want to talk about the ‘f’ word.
Says that people believe ‘ women have got it good now’ women have more choices and freedom and it males who is more likely to suffer from inequality.
