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1
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what do liberals argue about women in society

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  • women are discriminated against in society

- focus only on public sphere

2
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why do liberals only focus on public sphere

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believe in maintaining women personal freedom of choice about their domestic role. Individualism etc..

3
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what do they fear about entering the private sphere

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fear encroaching on private sphere could mean creeping totalitarianism

4
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what do radicals argue about women in society

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society is pervaded by patriarchal values that seek to preserve mens dominant position in society

5
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what do radicals argue about public-private sphere

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patriarchy starts in private sphere and speeds to public sphere

6
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what phrase do radicals use for the public-private sphere?

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‘the person is political’

7
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what did Andrea Dworkin say about public-private sphere?

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“many women, I think, resist feminism because it is an agony to be fully conscious of the brutal misogyny which permeates, culture, society, and all personal relationships”

8
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what do socialists argue about the public-private sphere

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patriarchy starts in public sphere and spreads to private sphere

9
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what did Sheila Rowbotham say about public-private sphere?

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“family unit serves as a unit of control”

10
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what do liberals argue is the cause of patriarchy

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legal+political oppression

unequal distribution of rights in public sphere

11
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what do socialists associate patriarchy with?

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Capitalism

12
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how does capitalism create patriarchy

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capitalism needs workers to be supported and looked after by unpaid helpers to enable them to carry out a proper day’s work

14
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what do radicals argue about patriarchy

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stems from and reflects dominance of husband/father within the family

15
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how do liberals seek to overthrow patriarchy

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women should gain equal access to the public realm

campaign for more women in senior economic+political positions

15
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what did Kate Millet say about patriarchy

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family was ‘patriarchy’s key institution’

16
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what do radical argue about relationships

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all relationships based on power + dominance

17
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how do socialist seek to overthrow patriarchy

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class revolution required to overthrow capitalism and thus patriarchy

18
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what did bell hooks say about patriarchy?

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it [feminsm] is necessarily a struggle to eradicate ideology of domination that permeates western culture

19
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what do liberals believe the state should do?

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  • state can play a role in promoting female liberation by promoting legal and political equality
  • stance can help to ensure that there is equality of opportunity between the sexes
20
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what radicals argue the state does?

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state promotes interests the interests of patriarchy over the interests of women

21
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what do radicals believe is needed to change structure of state?

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sexual revolution

22
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what socialists argue the state does?

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works in the interest of capitalism and therefore patriarchy

23
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what did Kate millet say about the state?

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the subordinated group has inadequate redress through existing political institutions

24
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what do all feminists agree on about the state?

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state has a role to play in changing life for women

25
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what did Perkins Gilman argue about sex and domestic economics?

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  • sex and domestic economic went hand in hand
  • she says for women to survive they were reliant their sexual assets to please their husband so that he would financially support his family
26
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why do liberal feminists believe state should do more to help women?

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  • women are of equal value to men, so deserve the same rights
  • believe state should do more to help women
  • state needs to change
27
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what do radicals believe state should do to help society?

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radicals believe state needs to help to enforce big change to help promote position of women

28
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what do all women agree about sex and gender?

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Differentiation between sex and gender

29
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what do liberals believe about men and women?

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all individuals are equal so men and women are equal

30
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what do liberals accept about sex and gender?

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  • accept difference in sex but rejected difference in gender
  • gender a societal construct - learned behaviour
31
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what does Wollstonecraft say about sex and gender?

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the mind has no gender

32
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why do socialists believe women are placed in their gender roles?

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  • to serve needs of capitalist society
  • women in subservient roles
  • capitalism requires women to look after worker
33
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how do socialists want to get rid of gender?

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  • prioritise class over gender

- state needs to be overthrown in order to overthrow patriarchy

34
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what socialists argue the state does?

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works in the interest of capitalism and therefore patriarchy

35
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what did Kate millet say about the state?

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the subordinated group has inadequate redress through existing political institutions

36
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how do liberals seek to get rid of gender imbalance?

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primarily through democratic pressure

37
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what do liberals believe will happen when barriers to workplace are removed?

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  • merely a matter of time before women enter all areas of industry
  • when women start do ‘men’s jobs’ society will accept no industry that women cannot work in
38
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what will increase speed of gender stereotypes being broken for liberals?

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younger women seeing women in jobs of power and importance