family - feminism

liberal feminism - oakley

cause of oppression - gender socialisation

Oakley - we teach oppressive lessons e.g. stereotypical masculine traits and stereotypical feminine traits

housewife role emerged since the industrial revolution - trapped at home and financially dependent on husbands (social construct)

liberal feminism solution

legal reform to challenge stereotypes

remove gender discrimination through new laws

evaluation for liberal feminists

radical - laws aren’t enough to solve the problem, stereotypes are too far ingrained and widespread

radical feminism - Greer

cause of women’s oppression - patriarchy

patriarchal society

marriage oppresses women, benefits men

married more happy than unmarried men

married women were less happy than unmarried women

radical feminist solution

separatism

women to live in matrilocal households

others say - political lesbianism, avoiding any romantic relationship with a man

evaluation for radical feminism

liberal - men are also oppressed through gender socialisation and stereotypes

impractical and unrealistic approach

marxist feminism - Ansley

cause - capitalism

women benefit family in 2 ways -

• maintaining current workforce

• reproduce next generation of the workforce

how do women maintain current workforce

women deal with men’s frustration of feeling exploited by providing a calming environment

women are the “takers of shit”

how do women reproduce the next generation of workers

women give birth and raise children to believe the dominant ideology

Marxist feminism - solution

communism

communist revolution eradicates all inequality including gender inequality

evaluation for Marxist feminism

Hakim - women choose to be housewives and mothers as they enjoy it

active choices

difference feminism - Hooks

3 main types of feminism ignores differences of women (ethnicity, class etc)

black women suffer a double whammy of sexism and racism

evaluation of difference feminists

we still have a lot in common e.g. paid less then men