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Bell Task What is Feminism?
Bell Task What is Feminism? 1. the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men. 2. an organized movement for the attainment of such rights for women. The advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes. …but do all feminists agree with each other?
REFLECTING… 22 December 2021 Christianity Can you… Evaluate the strengths and usefulness of using limitations different termsof to describe God, the different using appropriate feminist theories. evidence Understand: The Can you… similarities and compare and differences contrast different between the ways Christians describe God feminist theories Can you… Know: Thethe main Explain types of feminist importance of theories these attributes to Christians Keywords… Liberal, Omnibenevolent, Omniscient, Omnipotent, Marxist, Radical, Difference. Capitalism, Transcendent, Immanent. Progress? Familism Patriarchy, Policy, Experience,
11. Liberal and Radical Feminism Liberal feminists believe that there needed to be changes in the following areas in order the aid the path to equality… Success Criteria Give a basic description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality WORKPLACE Give a description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches. FAMILY CHANGES TO LAWS, ATTITUDES & POLICIES EDUCATION SOCIAL POLICY In small groups, write down any changes that you can think of in these areas that have impacted on women and any changes that still need to be made…. Key words Describe and evaluate Liberal and Radical Feminists perspectives, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches and using evidence to support. LAW Liberalism Reformism Social Policy Glass Ceiling Institutional sexism Gender roles Patriarchy Separatism Political Lesbianism
11. WORKPLACE Liberal and Radical Feminism Give a description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches. Describe and evaluate Liberal and Radical Feminists perspectives, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches and using evidence to support. FAMILY LAW • More women are pursuing careers CHANGES TO • Equal pay act • Sex discrimination • There is a more equal LAWS, discrimination act split in household tasks ATTITUDES & • Divorce reform act and childcare, but still POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY more to be done • More work to be done on maternity/paternity leave but EDUCATION • There is now the possibility to • Expectations have changed (Sue • Have shared parental leave Sharpe) but more work to be done, • 30 hrs free nursery care makes for example fewer girls take science easier for women to go into wo and engineering qualifications still and gain financial independence despite GIST and WISE • More flexible working patterns • Sohuld be introduced. Key words Success Criteria Give a basic description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality • Challenge institutional sexism (ie. Linked to maternity/childcare) • Challenge the ‘glass ceiling’ Liberalism Reformism Social Policy Glass Ceiling Institutional sexism Gender roles Patriarchy Separatism Political Lesbianism
11. Liberal Feminism Liberal and Radical Feminism Success Criteria Give a basic description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality Give a description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches. Describe and evaluate Liberal and Radical Feminists perspectives, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches and using evidence to support. • Liberalism is the idea that all humans should have equality, rights and freedom. • Liberal feminists believe that, as humans, women should have the same rights and freedoms as men. • They believe in reformism, that equality can be achieved by gradual reforms and changes to laws and policies.
Liberal and Radical Feminism Success Criteria Give a basic description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality Give a description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches. Describe and evaluate Liberal and Radical Feminists perspectives, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches and using evidence to support. Liberal Feminism Gender Roles • For liberal feminists, gender refers to the socially constructed ideas of the ‘masculine’ and the ‘feminine’ roles and identities that exist in society. • In addition to laws and policies, liberal feminists also call for a cultural change in the perception and social construction of gender roles as they argue we learn ‘gender roles’ through socialisation, they aren’t naturally different. • How does this differ with functionalist views on the family? Key words 11. Liberalism Reformism Social Policy Glass Ceiling Institutional sexism Gender roles Patriarchy Separatism Political Lesbianism
Your task • Use your handouts and pages 217 -222 to complete the revision boards for feminism. • Use these to plan the essay you will be completing over Easter (Due the first Friday back) You will see in your books about Dual systems feminism and Poststructuralist feminism. These are not necessary for the 20 mark T&M questions. But if you look on the wordpress and search for theory and methods you can download an overview which will explain these for you.
11. Assess the usefulness of Liberal Feminism in Liberal and Radical Feminism our understanding of society. Success Criteria Give a basic description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality Describe and evaluate Liberal and Radical Feminists perspectives, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches and using evidence to support. What is good and bad? What are the strengths and weaknesses? Positives Negatives • Shows that gender inequality • Can be criticised for being overly and discrimination can be optimistic. overcome without separatism or • They ignore deep-seated revolution. structures that oppress women • Focus on socialisation & (e. g. patriarchy or capitalism). changing attitudes, which helps • They ignore the need for explain why change has revolutionary change. occurred. Key words Give a description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches. Liberalism Reformism Social Policy Glass Ceiling Institutional sexism Gender roles Patriarchy Separatism Political Lesbianism
11. Liberal and Radical Feminism Success Criteria Give a basic description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality Give a description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches. Describe and evaluate Liberal and Radical Feminists perspectives, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches and using evidence to support. Key words Radical feminism: Society is patriarchal. Women are objectified, oppressed and denied their own worth. Liberalism Reformism Social Policy Glass Ceiling Institutional sexism Gender roles Patriarchy Separatism Political Lesbianism
11. Liberal and Radical Feminism Success Criteria Give a basic description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality Give a description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches. Describe and evaluate Liberal and Radical Feminists perspectives, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches and using evidence to support. Radical Feminism • Patriarchy is universal, derived from women’s ability to bear children as doing this makes women become dependent on men (Firestone) • Patriarchy is the primary and most fundamental form of social inequality and oppression. • Women’s main enemy are men. All men benefit from patriarchy. • unpaid domestic labour • sexual services. • Lobbying for legal change is unlikely to bring about equality, because the political and legal system itself is patriarchal. • Changes brought about by working within that system will always be within the terms agreed by men.
Radical Feminism – Patriarchy is Universal 11. Liberal and Radical Feminism Success Criteria Give a basic description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality Describe and evaluate Liberal and Radical Feminists perspectives, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches and using evidence to support. • Women are defined by their bodies. • Women’s bodies are the property of patriarchal society – the law decides what they can and can’t do with them. • Women’s bodies are restricted in a way that men’s bodies aren’t. Key words Give a description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches. Liberalism Reformism Social Policy Glass Ceiling Institutional sexism Gender roles Patriarchy Separatism Political Lesbianism
Radical Feminism – “The Personal is Political” 11. Liberal and Radical Feminism Success Criteria Give a basic description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality Give a description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches. How is patriarchal power is exercised within the family/household…? Remember Dobash and Dobash (The Dark Side of Family Life)? Key words Describe and evaluate Liberal and Radical Feminists perspectives, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches and using evidence to support. Liberalism Reformism Social Policy Glass Ceiling Institutional sexism Gender roles Patriarchy Separatism Political Lesbianism
Radical Feminism – Germaine Greer: Separatism 11. Liberal and Radical Feminism Give a description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches. Describe and evaluate Liberal and Radical Feminists perspectives, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches and using evidence to support. • Because men’s oppression of women is achieved through domestic and sexual relationships, some radical feminists advocate living apart from men. • This is to create a new culture of female independence, free from patriarchy. • Greer argues for the creation of ‘matrilocal’ (all-female) households, as an alternative to the heterosexual family. Key words Success Criteria Give a basic description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality Liberalism Reformism Social Policy Glass Ceiling Institutional sexism Gender roles Patriarchy Separatism Political Lesbianism
Radical Feminism – Political Lesbianism 11. Liberal and Radical Feminism Success Criteria Give a basic description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality • Many radical feminists argue that heterosexual relationships are inevitably oppressive. Give a description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches. • They argue that lesbianism is the only non-oppressive form of sexuality. Key words Describe and evaluate Liberal and Radical Feminists perspectives, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches and using evidence to support. Liberalism Reformism Social Policy Glass Ceiling Institutional sexism Gender roles Patriarchy Separatism Political Lesbianism
11. Liberal and Radical Feminism Success Criteria Give a basic description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality Give a description of the causes that Liberal and Radical Feminists attribute to creating inequality, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches. Describe and evaluate Liberal and Radical Feminists perspectives, highlighting similarities and differences in the approaches and using evidence to support. Radical Feminism – Consciousness Raising • Through sharing experiences in women-only groups, women can see that other women face the same problems. • This may lead to collective action, like ‘Reclaim the Night’ marches. Evaluation: Marxist feminists argue that class not patriarchy is the main form of oppression for women. RF offers no explanation for why female subordination takes different forms in different cultures. Patriarchy is a circular argument see page 219 for more details
Marxist and difference feminism • Click here for the slides on Marxist and Liberal feminism.
Liberal Feminism Definition: Key beliefs: What is the problem with society? How should inequality be tackled? • • Evaluation • • Strengths of approach Weaknesses of approach
Radical Feminism Definition: Key beliefs: What is the problem with society? How should inequality be tackled? • • Evaluation • • Strengths of approach Weaknesses of approach
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