feminist Flashcards
1
Q
Arber and Ginn - age
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older women face more inequalities than older men
2
Q
Itzin - age
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women feel immense pressure to fight the signs of ageing
3
Q
Gannon -age
A
- women’s hormones are seen as a problem, menopause is seen as a disease
- this leads to negative labelling of women and an excuse to encourage inequality
4
Q
bell hooks 1981 - ethnic
A
feminists have not addressed the particular problems faced by black women and claims that there is a racist bias in feminist theory, she believes that feminism is ethnocentric and only reflects the concerns of white and often middle class women
5
Q
Hill and Collins - ethnic
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they claim that many feminists have focused specifically on white women’s experiences and ignored the experiences of family life of women from ethnic minorities.
