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Feminism - Coggle Diagram
Feminism
Impact of feminism
Views and rights
Raising womens aspirations and saying you don't have to be housewives. Improvement with womens rights - raised expectations, self esteem and motivation
McRobbie 1994 - because the media has changed (from 1970's to 1990's) women have better rolemodels, etc. Women get better priorities due to equal and better representation
Sex discrimination act 1975, Abortion act 1967
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Employment opportunities
Mitsos and Browne 1998 - highlights how the growing service sector/economy has created more 'feminised' career opportunities for women eg healthcare, HR, teaching, etc
Francis 2001 - women become extremely ambitious and aim for higher professions such as doctors and solicitors
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Criticisms
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Marxists believe that class inequality and not gender equality is the main basis of conflict in society
Functionalists point out that the differences between men and women reflect the different (biological) traits of men and women
Liberal feminism
More acceptable, milder form which seeks gradual change over time. Sees societies view of women as based on outdated stereotypes which they seek to change - changing attitudes is therefore one aim (via different gender socialisation). They realise the importance of changing laws to bring about equality
Radical feminism
Sees liberal feminism as too slow and not addressing the fundamental issue of the patriarchy which is still prevalent in society (gender inequality exists despite equality legislation). They want to adopt a more forthright approach to challenge societies institutions and address the real problem of men and the patriarchy
Marxist feminism
See womens exploitation as caused by Capitalism. Women staying at home as housewives/mothers helps men and male dominance but also helps Capitalism to thrive