femenist theories of inequality

Feely - class

preconditioned to accept their place in capitalist hierarchy and stay at home being mothers and wives - raising next generation of workers

Benston - class

women not being paid for their labour supports capitalism - means men are less likely to leave jobs as they must provide for their wives

Ansley - class

men take out their frustrations and anger on wives not bosses. women are “takers of shit” - aids false class conciousness and prevents rebellion

Breugel - class

women are a cheap and disposeable army of labour, are expected to stay home and be the primary socialiser and caregiver

Adkins - gender

says there is horizontal & vertical segregation in the workplace, vertical indicates a gender pay gap, horizontal means men get more important roles eg. ride operator, whilst women work in catering and are sexualised

johnson - gender

concept of patriarchal terrorism where men control their women by use of violence, economic subordination, threats and isolation

oakley - gender

gender roles are socialised through manipulation (encouraging/discouraging gendered activitives), canalisation, verbal appelations (using gendered nicknames) and domestic activities

Walby - gender

6 structures of patriarchy eg. paid employment saying a womens place is in the home, and the state who act in the interest of men rather than women through things eg. tax action

abbott et al - ethnicity

black women are doubly disadvantaged, with usual feminism being ethnocentric with a perpetual victim ideology of black women. Positions of ethnic minority women remain unchallenged

Brewer - ethnicity

triple systems theory - ethnic minority women are disadvantaged because of their class, race and gender

Mirza - ethnicity

is critical of how ethnic minority women are portrayed , black women are aiming to overcome stereotypes they experience but media hasnt caught up with this portrayal yet

Connell - ethnicity

colonisation prompted women to be subordinate by marginalizing them, and this embedded ideas about gender, race and ethnicity

Itzin - age

double standard as women are pressured to look youthful when ageing, but men dont face the same pressures

Arber and Ginn - age

women have less power as they age as a result of cummulative inequalities they experience in life - double jeopardy of ageism and sexism

Sontag - age

women need to look youthful throughout media careers, yet ageing is celebrated with men, and they are given powerful and sexy roles, women are unsexy and marginalised

daly - age

certain pressures placed on women and girls that men dont get, need to look mature when young and young when old