feminism

liberal feminist

defined by its focus on achieving gender equality through political and legal reform within the current social structure.

glass ceiling

the invisible barrier that women experience in the workplace leading to women not being able to be promoted

misogyny

the dislike or prejudice against women

patriarchal oppression

a stystem of social,economic and political structures that men dominate and women are oppressed leading to systematic disadvantages.

radical feminism

believe the root of womens oppression is patriarchy. they think they should get rid of men and get rid of the problem by the root (men)

marxist feminist

vews capitalism as the cause of femae oppression. they argue women are exploited in two ways as workers in a capitalism system and as women in a patriarchal society.

dual burden

Ann Oakley said that women play a dual burden in society because they have to go and wok their paid jon (which they usually get paid less then men or are treated unfairly by men) and their job at home which is housework and childcare (which men are usually not responsible for)

tripple shift

Duncombe and Marsden said that women preform 3 types of labour: emotional labour, paid work, domestic work.

takers of shit

Marxis feminist theory by Fran ansley which describes how women in the house absorb the anger and frustration of men who are alienated by exploitation in capitalism

bedroom culture

Frances Heidensohn says girls are controlled by their fathers and brothers in the household (girls have to be home earlier and have less unsupervised time). while boys were out playing girls had a ‘bedroom culture’

The Equality Act 2010

a law that protects people from discrimination in the workplace and wider society.

protected characteristics: age,gender, disablility, gender reasignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orrientation

male gaze

feminist theory describing the visual arts and literature often portray the world from a masculine, hetrosexual perspective, presenting women as objects for men.

male dominated

controlled mainly by or consists of mainly men

traditional gender roles

men play the instrumental role and women play and expressive role