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feminism - malestream sociology

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male-dominated - carried out by men on men then applied to women providing an incomplete explanation of social life

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liberal feminism - how did women inequality develop from?

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sexist stereotyping
gender role socialisation
lack of positive role models
sex discrimination 
generating lack of equal opportunities
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liberal feminism - how will equality for women come?

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gradual process so that women can be on equal terms as men

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liberal feminism - strengths

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  • research has produced evidence proving gender differences is socially constructed
  • lead to equal pay act, sex discrimination act, changed traditional attitudes to improve women’s lives
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liberal feminism - weakness

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  • only deals with reducing women’s subordination rather than challenging the underlying cause
  • changes in the law or peoples attitudes wont be enough to bring equality
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radical feminism - domination

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men dominate women in all areas and men benefit

all women have shared interests in challenging men who control women through violence, turning them into sex objects

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radical feminism - where is patriarchal power inequalities found?

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public and private spheres of life

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radical feminism - solution

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women should free themselves from oppression by the complete destruction of patriarchy
separatism & lesbianism

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radical feminism - criticisms

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  • assumes all women share common interests
  • doesn’t recognise other factors that are important sources of inequality
  • gradual reform has weakened significance of patriarchy without revolutionary change (liberal)
  • doesn’t offer solution to abolish patriarchy, just way to escape rather than challenge ; isn’t likely to appeal to all women (heterosexual attraction)
  • not all men engage in domination of women
  • capitalism benefit & main source of women subordination
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marxist feminism - what intensifies patriarchal inequalities?

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capitalism for its own interests

women’s expressive role helps keep capitalist society stable at their exploitation

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marxism feminism - cheap labour force

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women sacked during times of economic recession re-employed during times of prosperity
women’s unpaid domestic labour/childcare

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marxism feminism - solution

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challenge capitalism and class inequality 
as working-class women suffer the greatest
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marxism feminism - criticisms

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  • patriarchy exists in all societies

- men are the ones who benefit and are the instruments of oppression

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difference feminism - black feminism

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early feminist theories ignores the different experiences of patriarchal subordination in minority ethnic groups

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difference feminism - feminism was seen through the eyes of?

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white, middle-class women

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difference feminism - postmodern society

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weakening structures and people pick’n’mix is reflected in the diversity of meaning attached to being a women

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difference feminism - different oppression

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specific groups may face multiple oppression
different groups of women have different conceptions of oppression
hijab/burqa seen as oppression or resistance to patriarchy

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diference feminism - criticisms

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empathising the differences between women deflects the attention away from the problems shared by women