Feminism Flashcards
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Liberal feminists: POINT
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- w inequality arises from primary factors eg sexist stereotyping, gender role socialisation, lack of positive role models and sex discrimination through outdated laws and attitudes
- believe legal and social equality for women will come through a gradual process of reform - march of progress . Measures include better and high quality free or more affordable childcare, equal pay and anti discrimination and equal opportunity’s laws
- OAKLEY: research on housework and gender role socialisation - helps understand gender inequalities which stem from he family eg way b + g are taught to conform to social expections of gender via manipulation, canalisation, domestic activities and verbal appellations
- sexist attitudes nd stereotypical beliefs about gender = social construct and transmitted via socialisation - to achieve equality need o change docs socialisation patterns via role models in education and family eg female teachers in traditional male subjects
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Liberal feminists: MODULE LINKS
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1 FAMILY: march of progress through reform. SOMMERVILLE: principled pragmatis. OAKLEY: gender role socialisation patterns via- reject symmetrical family argument
2. CRIME: ADLER: liberation thesis. Women acting more like men
3. EDUCATION: SUE SHARPE: changing ambitions of girls
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A03 of liberal feminists
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- Impacted society’s via various reforms in relation to to gender equality \
- Accused of being over optimistic that equality can be achieved via a march of progress. Radicals suggest more revolutionary action is needed and that liberals offer no explanations for the overall structure of gender inequality
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Radical feminist: POINT
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- patriarchy = most fundamental form of inequality- word is divided into 2 ‘sex classes’ - men dominate women in all areas from which all men benefit
- FIRESTONE: sexual class system = fundamental form of stratification in all socs. Biological family - women are burdened by pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and menstruation becoming dependant on men - power psychology develops maintaining female oppression
- patriarchal power inequalities = in all public and private spheres of life - w viewed as prisoners in their marriage - marriage therefore key patriarchal institution
- MILLET: sources of patriarchy in society: biology: superior male strength. Ideology: socialisation into gendered roles. Sociological: women’s roles as mothers etc etc
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Radical feminists: MODULE LINKS
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- FAMILY: GREER: political lesbianism and separateism, PURDY: baby strike: women should leave children with fathers. DOBASH AND DOBASH: domestic violence
- RELIGION: DALY: religion is infused with patriarchal ideology. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR: religion is drug fro women, in bible women are seen as secondary to men
- CRIME: chivalry thesis: HEIDENSOHN
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Radical feminists: A03
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- Ignorance of all the positive changes towards gender equality in recent decades
- Too radical their ideas are too extreme and unrealistic
- They re essentialist ignoring class. Ethnicity and sexuality offering deterministic view of patriarchy
