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Feminist Theory - Coggle Diagram
Feminist Theory
feminism, work and capitalism
what is a wage?
Marxism
- labour-power -> surplus labour creates surplus value
exploitation = amount of value produced and transferred to capitalist is greater than the amount of money worker is paid to produce this value
labour-power is a commodity - the price is the cost to produce - e.g. Wage
what is housework?
is housework essential OR auxilary to the production of surplus value (profit) under capitalism?
Selma James, The Power of Women and the Subversion of Commu
Della Costa
- "we assume that all women are housewives and even those who work outside the home continue to be housewives"
Marxism v Feminism
Marxism
relations of production
wage labour
public realm
economy
Bourgeoisie vs. proletarian
Feminism
relations of reproduction
domestic labour
private realm
family
men vs. women
'wages for housework' as a political demand
demystifying wage - act of disclosure - denaturalising housewife - social struggle would end women's isolation
critiques of the movement
legacy
epistemological injustice
feminist standpoint
pornography
oppression