Families & Households - Feminist Perspectives On The Family

Question 1

What are the key ideas that feminists have on the family?

Answer 1

Have a critical view on the family
Argue that women are oppressed & focuses on issues e.g. unequal domestic division of labour & domestic violence against women
Gender inequality isnt natural/inevitable (believed by functionalists) but is socially constructed

Question 2

What is the liberal feminist view on family life?

Answer 2

Have a ‘March of progress’ view towards gender equality at home & in wider society through law reform

Question 3

What is the Marxist feminist view on family life?

Answer 3

They challenge traditional gender roles at home, examining the unpaid labour of women & the expectations of women to look after their husbands

Question 4

What is the radical feminist view on family life?

Answer 4

They’re critical of marriage, seeing it as an unequal institution that is patriarchal in nature men use financial & physical power to control women

Question 5

What is the difference feminist view on family life?

Answer 5

You cannot generalise women’s experiences as they all have very different family lives