Flashcards in Marxist Feminists Deck (6)
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1
Q
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.
2
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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
Q
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.
4
Q
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.
5
Q
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.
6
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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.