Sociology Feminism
Problems With Feminism -✔✔Ignores consesnsus in society.
They are too preoccupied with gender inequality.
They don't focus enough on issues like social class and ethnicity.
Sylvia Walby 1990: 1st main way patriarchy works in society? -✔✔1. Domestic labour serves men.
2. Paid work - Women still pound by traditional values.
3. The state promotes an ideological image of the family which is patriarchal.
4. Physical abuse by men often occurrs in the home.
5. Female sexuality is limited and controlled by family more than men's.
6. The media promotes a highly ideological image of women's family roles.
3 main strands of feminism -✔✔Marxist
Liberal
Radical
Marxist - (M) A M -✔✔Look at how women are exploited in a capitalist society by men, thus combining
marxist and feminism.
They are exploited because they are the reserve army of labour and they socialise children for free so
that they become good future workers.
Margaret Benson 1972 -✔✔The unpaid labour women do helps to support the capitalist system.
Ansley 1972 -✔✔Sees the emotional support provided by the wife as a safety valve - releasing
preassure for the husband so that they don't explode at work.
Problems With Feminism -✔✔Ignores consesnsus in society.
They are too preoccupied with gender inequality.
They don't focus enough on issues like social class and ethnicity.
Sylvia Walby 1990: 1st main way patriarchy works in society? -✔✔1. Domestic labour serves men.
2. Paid work - Women still pound by traditional values.
3. The state promotes an ideological image of the family which is patriarchal.
4. Physical abuse by men often occurrs in the home.
5. Female sexuality is limited and controlled by family more than men's.
6. The media promotes a highly ideological image of women's family roles.
3 main strands of feminism -✔✔Marxist
Liberal
Radical
Marxist - (M) A M -✔✔Look at how women are exploited in a capitalist society by men, thus combining
marxist and feminism.
They are exploited because they are the reserve army of labour and they socialise children for free so
that they become good future workers.
Margaret Benson 1972 -✔✔The unpaid labour women do helps to support the capitalist system.
Ansley 1972 -✔✔Sees the emotional support provided by the wife as a safety valve - releasing
preassure for the husband so that they don't explode at work.
