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Feminism and the Family - Coggle Diagram
Feminism and the Family
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Criticisms
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Functionalists such as Parsons criticises feminists for not seeing women’s ‘expressive’ role as equally important as other roles
Mary Kenny (New Right theory) says the family provides women with a power-base to fulfil their desires for motherhood
There are internal divisions within feminism about the ultimate cause of women’s inequality eg. is it patriarchy or capitalism?
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Marxists feminists assume capitalism is the issue but in communist societies, women are still subordinate in families
Legislation
The Sex Discrimination Act (1975)
Equal Opportunities Act (1970, in force by 1975)
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