Feminism

Feminism

1. liberal

   • stratification as patriarchal
     • gender role socialisation
       • Oakley
         • patriarchal ideology
           • subordination of women in the labour market
       • reinforced by agents of socialisation
   • Lees & Sharpe
     • attitudes of teenage girls
   • women's progress
     • aquisition of economic power
     • political power
     • social power
   • criticisms
     • vertical & horizontal segregation
     • Baron & Norris
     • fawcett society
       • men out number women 4:1 in Parliament
     • walby
       • social construction of gender does not explain why men are dominant
       • experience of women differ according to class and ethnicity

2. Marxist

   • Benston
     • women more likely low paid and part-time reserve army of labour
       • disposable workforce so women under-unionised or less skilled.
     • capitalism exploits both male and female workers
   • weak occupational position supported by patriarchy
     • family reinforces this ideology
   • criticisms
     • why jobs are gendered?
     • if women were cheaper than men, then why aren't women dominant in the workplace?

3. radical

   • gender stratification more important than other forms
     • Delphy
       • men & women constitute separate classes
         • men exploit women's labour power
           • via patriarchal ideology, physical power (domestic violence or threat)
           • family main source of patriarchal power

4. triple systems

   • Walby & Weber
   • subordination
     • unequal social relations from gender role socialisation
   • oppression
     • sexism
   • exploitation
     • unpaid labour

5. Hakim

   • Rational choice/ preference theory
     • all fem theories misleading
     • women can choose to mothers and so work part-time. This does not reflect employer discrimination