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Feminism- usefulness (Second Wave Feminism (1970 equal pay act (2008 -…
Feminism- usefulness
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Radical Feminists
Firestone- exploited due to biological differences- at a biological disadvantage because they undergo pregnancy and childbirth making them weak
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Millet- women= exploitation > patriachy- persuaded by patriarchal ideology that women are weak and vulnerable
Marxist Feminists
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smith who saw women as reproducing a labour force and bringing up children at no cost to the capitalist society.
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Third Wave Feminism
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Butler - Gender appears fixed but is in fact fluid, it is socially constructed
Critical of Sociology
some feminists believe that , mainstream sociology has a masculine bias which is labelled as 'malestream'
Abott, Walter and Tyler #
Issues that concern women are negleted such as childbirth, dometic violence and sexism in the workplace.
research conducted on men has been generalised to people as a whole, even when male samples are used.
When women are added, they are often seen as just added onto existing variables and do not have central importance.