feminism

liberal feminist

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

do feminists believe that gender is socially constructed

yes

what does it mean for gender roles to be socially constructed

it means gender roles are learnt rather than determined by biology

list all types of feminism

• liberal

• radical

• socialist

• marxist

• lesbian

• humanist

liberal feminist

they are concerned with extending to women the liberal values of liberty, equality and justice through legal and social reforms

what is Sommervilles theory

she argues that many young women do not feel entirely sympathetic towards feminism yet still feel some sense of grievience

what is Pat Carlen and control theory

France’s Heidensohn argues most women conform because failure to do results in labelling as unfeminine behaviour

what is Frances Heidensohns theory

the bedroom culture- girls are controlled by fathers and brothers. they have to be home earlier than their brothers and have less time when they are unsupervised while boys were out playing girls had a bedroom culture

what is the crisis of masculinity

sociological concept that refers to the challenges women face in the modern work, particularly in relation to the family, employment and gender roles

what did Dobash and Dobash find

that violent incidents could be set off by what a husband saw as a challenge to his authority such as his wife asking why he was late home for a meal- argue that marriage legitimates violence against women by conferring power and authority on husbands and depending on wives

list key thinkers

Ann Oakley (liberal) ‘dual burden’

Fran Ansley (marxist) ‘takers of shit’

Somerville (liberal) ‘but i want to be a wife’

Dobash and Dobash (radical) domestic violence study

strengths of feminism

• highlights structures in society- Ann Oakley- even tho women were working they still had to work at home

• highlights dark side of the family- Dobash and Dobash- domestic violence study

• highlights the pay gap and male gaze

• highlights glass ceiling- women will not get as far as men socialised from childhood (brother,dad)

weaknesses of feminism

some women want to be married and play the expressive role-not all marriage is bad

women have a ‘march of progress’ in laws

Willmott and Young say we share roles - symmetrical family

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

what do liberal feminists argue

that we don’t need a rev

what is Sue Sharpes study

‘just like a girl’ a study of what school girls found most important in 1976 then again in 1994

what were the results of sue sharpes study

that what girls had viewed has most important to them had changed from love, marriage and husbands to their career