FEMINISM AND THE FAMILY

Question 1

WHAT DO LIBERAL FEMINISTS SAY?

Answer 1

-LIBERAL FEMINISTS ARE CONCERNED WITH CAMPAIGNING AGAINST SEX DISCRIMINATION AND FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
- ARGUE THE WOMENS OPRESSION IS GRADUALLY BEING OVERCOME THROUGH CHANGES IN THE LAW SUCH AS THE 1975 SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT AND THATB MORE CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE TO GET FULL EQUALITY

-ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT GENDER EQUALITY HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE FAMILY, THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN GRADUAL PROGRESS

Question 2

HOW CAN LIBERAL FEMINISTS BE CRITICISED?

Answer 2

• CRITICISED BY OTHER FEMINISTS FOR FAILING TO CHALLENGE THE UNDERLYING CAUSES NOF WOMENS OPPRESSION AND BELIEVING THAT CHANGES IN THE LAW ARE ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE EQUALITY

Question 3

WHAT DO MARXIST FEMINISTS SAY?

Answer 3

-THE MAIN CAUSE OF WOMENS OPPRESSION IN THE FAMILY IS NOT MEN BUT CAPITALISM
- SAY THAT WOMEN REPRODUCE THE LABOUR FORCE THROUGH UNPAID DOMESTIC LABOUR
-WOMEN ARE TAKERS OF SHIT WHO SOAK UP THE FRUSTRATION THAT HUSBANDS FEEL DIE TO ALIENATION AT WORK
-WOMEN ARE A RESERVE ARMY OF CHEAP LABOUR THAT CAN BE TAKEN ON WHEN EXTRA WORKERS ARE NEEDED AND LET GO EASILY
- CAN BE SOLVED THROUGH A REVOLUTION AND A CLASSLESS SOCIETY

Question 4

WHAT DO RADICAL FEMINISTS SAY?

Answer 4

• MEN ARE THE ENEMY AND ARE THE SOURCE OF WOMENS OPPRESSION AND EXPLOITATION
  -THE FAMILY AND MARRIAGE ARE KEY INSTITUTIONS IN A PATRIACHAL SOCIETY AND MEN BENEFIT FROM WOMENS UNPAID DOMESTIC LABOUR , THEY DOMINATE WOMEN THROUGH DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE OR THR THREAT OF IT
• SAYS THAT THE FAMILY NEEDS TO BE ABOLISHED THROUGH SEPARATISM- WOMEN LIVING SEPARATELY FROM MEN

Question 5

HOW CAN RADICAL FEMINISTS BE CRITICISED?

Answer 5

-LIBERAL FEMINISTS SAY THAT RADICAL FEMINISTS FAIL TO RECOGNISE THEIR THAT THE POSITION OF WOMEN HAS IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY WITH THINGS LIKE BETTER ACCESS TO DIVORCE

Question 6

WHO ARE DIFFERNCE FEMINISTS?

Answer 6

-WOMEN WHOI DO NOT HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCES OF OPPRESSION, THEY ARE NOT EQUALLY EXPLOITED
-E.G WOMEN IN SOME ETHNIC GROUPS MAY HAVE MORE EXPECTATIONS TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE KIDS
-MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN MAY HAVE MORE RESOURCES TO DRAW UPON TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE EQUALITY E.G A HIGH PAYING JOB
- BLACK WOMEN VIEW THE FAMILY AS A SOURCE OF STRENGTH