Delphy and Leonard - Key Facts Flashcards
What is Delphy and Leonard’s perspective?
Feminist Perspective.
What do Delphy and Leonard believe about women’s exploitation in the family?
They believe that women are exploited as a direct cause of the patriarchy rather than by capitalism.
What did they believe the home turned into for women?
An economic microsystem.
What are their opinions on domestic labour?
They feel it is seen as gendered and when men help out in the family it is unfairly categorised as a favour rather than a distinct responsibility.
What did they argue about leisure?
They argued that a man’s time in his home was spent on relaxing and having a good time but a woman did not receive such time due to her domestic responsibilities.
What does the domestic division of labour lead to?
Oakley’s dual burden theory and Duncan and Marsden’s triple shift theory.
