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gender and inequality - Coggle Diagram
gender and inequality
feminism
Black – See traditional feminism as white and middle class - didn’t look at racism as often they would be exploiting black working class women
Radical – women being opressed by sexual and physical domination of men – want a matriarchal society
socialist- issue is economic, women are just cheap or unpaid source of labour (Dunscombe and Marsden)
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Liberal-Historical tradition and political/ leagl standpoint - think inequality happens but society is progressive
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critisisms
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This is a form of inequality but on a macro scale is no where near the inequality some face who require basic needs such as food and water
new right
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Murray (1990) also sees that a womens role is the expressive role and within society their best position is within the family
hakim - prefrence theory
Hakim (2004) proposes that the feminism proposes a distorted idea of women in the workplace. Their choices account for the inequality they face
Equal pay policies are in effect , gender inequality isn't that apparent
Women choose different life courses to men – having a lower paid/status job is a byproduct of them choosing to have children
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criticism hakim
The gender pay gap although isn't as evident , still exists in higher paid jobs
Dunscombe and Marsden – Triple shift , shows how women who want to work face inequality
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rise of feminism
Postmodernists such as Connell suggests that the rise of feminism has been a result of women entering male spaces and displaying characteristics such as 'hegemonic masculinity'
However within society it can be observed that women entering this dominant spaces has seen backlash
Criado-Perez for example campaigned for Jane Austen to be put on bank notes (the first non male apart from royalty) Which was met with backlash including death threats