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Category: Feminism

  • Feminist Perspectives on Society – A Summary Grid

    Topic Area Summary A2 Main Ideas Feminism the Basics: Gender inequality primary lens for analysis Gender is socially constructed Patriarchy is one of the root causes of sex inequalities Feminism is a political movement Liberal Feminism Socialisation main cause, not structures What change within the system Seek to eradicate discrimination and stereotyping Radical Feminism The…

  • Liberal, Marxist and Radical Feminist Perspectives on Society: An Introduction

    Most Feminists would balk at the idea of generalising Feminist theory into three basic types because part of Feminism is to resist the tendency towards categorising things. Nonetheless, in A Level sociology it’s usual to distinguish between three basic types of Feminism – Liberal, Radical and Marxist, each of which has its own general explanation…

  • Gender Roles, Domestic Labour and Power Relationships – Topic Overview

    Families and Households Topic 4 – Changes within the family Gender Roles, Domestic Labour and Power Relationships Overview of the topic and sub-topics In this topic we look at the extent to which relationships between men and women have become more equal, focussing on the following three areas: 4.1. To what extent are gender roles…

  • The Feminist Perspective on Education (UK Focus)

    The Feminist perspective on Education Liberal Feminists celebrate the progress made so far in improving girls’ achievement. They essentially believe that the ‘Future is now Female’ and now that girls are outperforming boys in education, it is only a matter of time until more women move into politics and higher paid, managerial roles at work.…

  • Sociological Perspectives on Social Policy and the Family

    Sociological Perspectives influence ideas about social policies. Views range from the New Right who believe in policies to support the traditional nuclear family to Radical Feminists, some of whom argue for the abolition of the nuclear family.

  • A Radical Feminist Perspective on the Family

    A Radical Feminist Perspective on the Family

    Radical feminists see society as patriarchal – a simple definition of patriarchy is provided by the London Feminist Network – ‘Patriarchy refers to a society in which there are unequal power relations between women and men whereby women are systematically disadvantaged and oppressed’. Most radical feminists see the family as a important in maintaining male power.…

  • Marxist Feminist Perspectives on Family Life

    Marxists such as Engels and Zaretsky acknowledge that women are exploited in marriage and family life, but they emphasise the relationship between capitalism and the family, rather than the family’s effects on women. Marxist feminists use Marxist concepts, but they see the exploitation of women as they key feature of family life. The reproduction of…

  • The Liberal Feminist Perspective on the Family

    Liberal Feminism is one of three main perspectives on the family, within the A-level sociology families and households topic. For a briefer summary of this perspective on the family, along with Marxist and Radical and Feminism, please click here. Jennifer Somerville (2000) provides a less radical critique of the family than Marxist or Radical Feminists…

  • The radical feminist perspective on power and control in relationships

    The Radical Feminist viewpoint is that relationships are the primary means through which men control women and maintain their power over them in society. Probably the most shocking evidence which supports this view is the continued prevalence of domestic violence. According to the BCS (2007) this accounts for a sixth of all violent crime and…

  • Feminist Perspectives on the Family

    Feminist Perspectives on the Family

    A summary of liberal, marxist and radical feminist views on the traditional nuclear family