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Feminism: BASICS --Inequality in every society, women inferior, feminism rectifies -Gender norms are social constructs designed to discriminate against/oppress women. Children socialised this way -Patriarchy=female disadvantage -Political activism to rectify systematic injustice -Work with gov...

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Feminism theory and methods
Feminism: BASICS -✔✔✔-Inequality in every society, women inferior, feminism rectifies

-Gender norms are social constructs designed to discriminate against/oppress women. Children
socialised this way

-Patriarchy=female disadvantage

-Political activism to rectify systematic injustice

-Work with govs for social policies to better equality



Liberal Feminists: Gradual change -✔✔✔-In political, economic and social systems

-In culture/values/children's books/toys

-Changes in existing in structure



Liberal Feminists: Nobody benefits -✔✔✔-Male and female potential oppressed

-Rigid inflexible expectations of either sex

-Changes through sex discrimination act



Liberal Feminism CRITICISM: Based on males assumptions -✔✔✔-Values individualism and competition

-Encourages women to be more like men

-Denies traditionally female qualities



Liberal Feminism CRITICISM: Emphasises public life at expense of private -✔✔✔-Private life=seen as no
power struggle or politics

-Therefor assumed irrelevant



Liberal Feminism CRITICISM: Difference feminists -✔✔✔-Ethnocentric view

, -Based on white, MC experience



Liberal Feminism CRITICISM: Radical and Marxist feminists -✔✔✔-Fails to acknowledge deeper
structural inequalities



Marxist Feminists: Reproduction of next gen -✔✔✔-Domestic labour, childcare and emotion work keep
NF going

-Only one household wage paid: Breadwinners



Marxist Feminists: Tolerance of exploitation -✔✔✔-Husband must pay for wife so not easy to
withdraw labour power

-Less bargaining power=More likely to tolerate low wage than risk striking for more money



Marxist Feminists: Ideological conditioning -✔✔✔-Teaches future workers to be passive

-Required by capitalist class



Marxist Feminists: Private property disadvantages women -✔✔✔-Lack of ownership deprives women
of power



Marxist Feminists: WC women and WC men can revolt -✔✔✔-Considerable scope to push for
revolution

-Disappearance of gender equality



Marxist Feminism CRITICISM: No link -✔✔✔-No link between capitalism and patriarchy

-Patriarchy out-dates capitalism, found in tribal communities



Marxist Feminism CRITICISM: Radical feminists -✔✔✔-Masculine theory

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