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On what grounds have radical feminists claimed that 'the personal is the political'? --Radical feminism has been closely associated with the idea that 'the personal is the political'. By this they mean that female oppression operates in all walks of life, public and private, and in many respects originates in the family itself. -Radical feminists tend to view the process of conditioning in the family, the distribution of housework and other responsibilities and the politics of personal ...

What are the 4 types of feminism? -Liberal Radical Difference Marxist What do liberal feminists believe the main cause of the oppression of women? -The society in the past and the environment they are bought up in- women are oppressed because in the past it was acceptable for women to take the expressive role. Who believes oppression of women is caused by the personal relationship between men and women? - Radical "Men use their dictatorship to have power"-? -Radical What do differenc...

Waves of Feminism - - First Wave Feminism: Emerged in the mid 19th century and concentrated on the campaign for the vote and equal legal rights. In the UK it ended with the extension of the vote to women in 1918 and full suffrage in 1928. - Second Wave Feminism: Held to have started in the 1960s. It focused on the personal, psychological and social aspects of women's oppression ad aimed for liberation rather than reform. - Third Wave Feminism: Has moved feminism away from the aims of educa...

7 types of feminism - Radical, Liberal, Marxist, Difference, Black, Post structural and Dual system Radical feminism - They blame men for women's oppression. Men dominate and control women in all areas of society, both public and private. What is the solution of oppression to radical feminists? - Separatism Consciousness raising Political lesbianism Examples of male domination in private - Domestic violence (Dobash and Dobash) Taker's of shit (Ansley) Triple shift (Duncombe and Marsden...

What do all Feminists agree upon? - - Conflict theory (conflict between men and women) - Gender inequality exists in all areas of society - ^^ This is a result of patriarchy - The study society rom the viewpoint of women and seek to liberate women from oppression. What do Liberal feminists think will create gender equality? - - Legal reforms+ socialisation to change attitudes= gender equality. -Gender quake- women are surpassing men in educational achievement, attitudes towards women chan...

Liberal feminism - -Early first wave feminism (in 19th and early 20th century) was deeply influenced by liberal ideas in general, and Mary Wollstonecraft in particular. With her view being that both men and women are rational and women acting 'childish' in her society was the effect of social expectation placed on to them. -Liberals were the first to offer equal rights to women -Many second wave feminists (1960-70) took their inspiration from liberal ideas. Perhaps the most famous is Bet...

What is feminism? - A political movement and ideology that aims to advance social rile of women. What are the two beliefs that characterize feminism? - -Women and men are treated differently because of their sex -Unequal treatment can and should be overturned What is the central concept of feminism? - Patriarchy, draws attention to the totality of oppression and exploitation to which women are subject. What is liberal feminism? - The commitment to individualism and formal equality, and is...

Why is it important to study gender? - Gender is the perceived masculinity or feminitiy, it extends past the biological aspects of sex-gender is directly associated with ones identity, gender norms help affirm authority within relationships (especially in the political arena); Gender is learned through social norms and reinforcement in different cultures. Socially and politically gender plays a role in patriarchal societies as more masculine members of society gain leverage and dominance ove...

Feminism - The belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes and the social movements organized around that belief. Feminist Movement - Designed to consider gender as a way society organizes social relations, generally resulting in inequality between the sexes. Sex - An individual's membership in one of two biologically distinct categories- male or female. Gender - The physical, behavioral, and personality traits that a group considers normal for its male and female ...

Development - ANS A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology Gross domestic product (GDP) - ANS The value of total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period (normally one year). Gross nationally income (GNI) - ANS Calculates the monetary worth of what is produced within a country plus income received from investments outside the country, as a more accurate way of measuring a country's wealth i...