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Radical Feminism - Coggle Diagram
Radical Feminism
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- Patriarchy = fundamental form of oppression and social inequality
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- women provide: unpaid domestic labour, sexual services
- legislation not beneficial unlikely to bring equality - bc system itself is Patriarchal
- changes brought about will be within terms agreed by men
- women's bodies - property of patriarchal society - law decides what they can/can't do
- patriarchal oppression is PERSONAL
- takes part in Public & Private sphere
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- advocate living apart from men - bc oppression achieved through domestic & sexual relationships
- create new culture of female independence
- creation of Matrilocal households (All female) as an alternative
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- argued that heterosexual relationships are inevitably oppressive - 'Sleeping with the enemy'
- lesbianism is only Non-oppressive form of sexuality
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- idea of personal is political reveals domination in relationships
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- fail to acknowledge Class as primary form of inequality
- no explanation why female subordination takes different forms - assumes all women in same position
- Ignores class, ethnicity
- some ideas aren't as practical - separatism