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WALBY

“Gender transformations”

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  • Young women made important gains compared to older women as they may still experience private patriarchy.
  • Younger women are less likely to accept gender discrimination.
  • Patriarchy isn’t fixed and changes over time.
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Private patriarchy

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Women are limited to domestic sphere of home and the family.

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Public Patriarchy

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Women enter public sphere of empowerment, politics etc.

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Disadvantages women still suffer…

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  • Sexuality - double standards for men having many sexual partners compared to women.
  • Paid employment - women are discriminated from employers and restricted access into careers. They face horizontal and vertical segregation.
  • Household - women are exploited in the family and take primal responsibility for housework and childcare.
  • State - interests for men then women in terms of taxation, welfare rules etc.
  • Violence against women - threat of violence and sexual assault is used by men to control women.
  • Cultural institutions - (the media) represent women in a narrow set of social roles (see objects, mothers and housewives)
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EVALUATION

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  • Improves on other feminist ideas as it incorporates aspects of different feminism.
  • STACY argues it over-emphasises the influence of social structure on behaviour. Women negotiate such systems and are more active.