Feminism PPT
Feminism
Unit 7
Sociological Perspectives
Feminist Perspective
Feminism is a movement or a revolution that includes women and men who wish the world to be equal without boundaries. These boundaries are better known as discrimination and biases against gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status and economic status.
Malestream Sociology
Feminists have argued that sociology has been dominated by male theoristsmalestream sociology. Abbott and Wallace
(1997) argued that because of this sociology is biased and not enough attention has been paid to women’s issues.
Everyone views the world with his or her own sense of gender and equality.
Feminists view the world as being unequal.
They wish to see the gender gap and the idea that men are superior to women decreased or even abolished.
Feminism is normally seen as an example of a conflict model. There are three main types of feminist approach
Marxist
Feminism
Radical
Feminism
Liberal
Feminism
Marxist Feminism
Marxist feminist see women, especially working class women as oppressed both by capitalism and by men or the patriarchal society.
Women produce the next generation of workers.
They meet the physical, emotional and social needs of their children so they are ready to work in the offices, factories of the future.
They support their husbands and partners, cook meals and care for the children and clean their house – for no pay.
They are dominated by their husbands and they are also subsidising industry.
The family would not be ready for work if somebody did not take responsibility for domestic life, it is argued, remains the primary responsibility of women.
Radical Feminism
For radical feminists it is not capitalism that dominates women but men.
The family is seen as a patriarchal institution.
They see the socialisation of women as housewives and mothers as a form of oppression and this oppression as a character of nuclear family life.
Liberal Feminism
Liberal feminists would argue that
Unit 7
Sociological Perspectives
Feminist Perspective
Feminism is a movement or a revolution that includes women and men who wish the world to be equal without boundaries. These boundaries are better known as discrimination and biases against gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status and economic status.
Malestream Sociology
Feminists have argued that sociology has been dominated by male theoristsmalestream sociology. Abbott and Wallace
(1997) argued that because of this sociology is biased and not enough attention has been paid to women’s issues.
Everyone views the world with his or her own sense of gender and equality.
Feminists view the world as being unequal.
They wish to see the gender gap and the idea that men are superior to women decreased or even abolished.
Feminism is normally seen as an example of a conflict model. There are three main types of feminist approach
Marxist
Feminism
Radical
Feminism
Liberal
Feminism
Marxist Feminism
Marxist feminist see women, especially working class women as oppressed both by capitalism and by men or the patriarchal society.
Women produce the next generation of workers.
They meet the physical, emotional and social needs of their children so they are ready to work in the offices, factories of the future.
They support their husbands and partners, cook meals and care for the children and clean their house – for no pay.
They are dominated by their husbands and they are also subsidising industry.
The family would not be ready for work if somebody did not take responsibility for domestic life, it is argued, remains the primary responsibility of women.
Radical Feminism
For radical feminists it is not capitalism that dominates women but men.
The family is seen as a patriarchal institution.
They see the socialisation of women as housewives and mothers as a form of oppression and this oppression as a character of nuclear family life.
Liberal Feminism
Liberal feminists would argue that