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Feminism - Coggle Diagram
Feminism
Radical Feminism
Dworkin
Saw marriage and the nuclear family as deeply patriarchal as the man is the head of the household as a breadwinner and exerts economic power over his wife.
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Greer
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Argues there is a strong ideology that suggests that being a wife is the most important female role.
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Radical Feminists are critical of marriage, seeing it as a unequal institute that was patriarchal in nature and where men used financial and physical power to control women.
Marxist Feminism
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Benston
Not only does the family produce and rear cheap labour, it also
maintains it at no cost to the employer.
Husband pays for the production and labour by supporting a wife who raises children to the point where they can become workers.
Hochschild(Second Shift)
Women now have to do a double shift where they work in the workplace as well as doing most of the emotional work at home.
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Marxist Feminists challenge traditional gender roles at home, examining the unpaid labour of women and the expectations of society on society on women to look after their husbands
Liberal Feminism
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Somerville
Women now have much greater freedom to take paid work even if they are married and have young children
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The increased choice for women and the tendency for both partners to be in employment have helped to create greater equality in marriage.
Liberal Feminists see a 'march of progress' towards gender equality at home and in wider society through reforming exiting laws