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General idea?

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  • Social class affects life chances of a women and is the key to the relationship between men and women.
  • Capitalism leads to the oppression of women.
  • The family is a patriarchal institution and women’s positions in the family leads to exploitation.
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FEELEY

“Parental authority”

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The family socialises its members into accepting traditional gender roles, and its natural for men and women to engage in separate roles in the home.

3
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BENSTON

“Roles in the family”

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A wife keeps her husband In a good running that is essential to the smooth running of capitalism.

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ANSLEY

“Stresses of men”

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Women act as takers of shit as husbands return home being exploited by work and take their frustrations out on their wives.

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BRUEGEL

“Women’s oppression”

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Family is central to women’s oppression and points to how the ruling class use women to join the workforce when needed, and are sent back to the role of full-time housewife when not required.

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EVALUATION

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  • Place too much emphasis on social class and not on other factors that impact women’s lives.
  • POSTMODERNISTS argue the focus on class is no longer relevant to social division.
  • RADICAL FEMINISTS emphasis on the capitalist exploitation is wrong as patriarchy is significant.