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Classroom Expectations:

Arrive on time

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Title: The Feminist perspective of the family. Homework due:

Feb 711:40

Objective Key WordsKnow

Understand

How will you display SMSC today?Courage ‐ Respect ‐ Friendship ‐ Inspiration ‐ Determination ‐ 

Equality ‐ ExcellenceEmpathy – Courtesy – Resilience  ‐ 

Etiquette

To give reasons and evidence for your views (ext: to consider alternative opinions and views)

To spot patterns and explain what's happening

Recap: How can you relate the Feminist perspective of the familyto life today?

Title: The Feminist perspective of the family.

What are the main explanations of the family that Feminists provide?

How do Feminists explain changethat has occurred in society and relate it to thefamily today?

To what extent do Feminists view the family as positive or negative and howconvincing are these arguments?

DiversityFragmentationRapid social changeCapitalismExploitationIdeological state apparatusUnit of consumption

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TASK:Of the perspectives which are consensus and which are conflict?Were will feminism be, about the family?

Conflict Consensus

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Liberal feminism:‐Campaigning against sex discrimination and for equal rights & opportunities for women. (equal pay & end discrimination employment).‐Progress: Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 but further reforms still necessary and sexism still a part of society.‐Progress within the family: as men do more domestically than they used to, parenting socialises young girls and women to believe in their own equality more.

Think ‐ Pair ‐ Share

Criticism?

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Marxist feminism:Women are oppressed by capitalism not men:‐Women reproduce the labour force: unpaid domestic labour, socialising the next generation of workers and maintaining the present one.‐Women 'absorb anger' ANSLEY 1972 women are 'takers of shit': soak up the frustration & alienation the men face at work. (Marxists: this explains domestic violence against women)‐Women are a reserve of cheap labour‐ can be taken on when extra work is needed, when not they are the first to 'let go.'

Family as well as a class based society must be abolished.

To what extentdo you think thisis a good argument?

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Radical feminism:

‐Men are the enemy‐ they oppress and exploit women.‐Family and marriage are the key institutions in a patriarchal society. Men dominate and abuse women whilst gaining unpaid labour and sexual services from them.

They advocate separatism‐ women living independently of men, so therefore the family must be abolished.

Some argue for political lesbianism‐ as heterosexual relationships are 'sleeping with the enemy.'Greer (2000) argued for the creation of all female or 'matrilocal' households.

Germaine Greer

Jenny Somerville 2000 argues that radical feminists fail to recognise the progress that has been made for women in terms of work, divorce and work life flexibility.What else?

EVALUATION:

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Sylvia Walby(AO2)

There is no single cause, rather capitalism and patriarchy work together to exploit women. There are different structures where patriarchy operates:• Housework• Paid work• State• Cultural institutions

Walby identifies two main forms of patriarchy ‐ private (in the home) and public (in wider society).

She argues huge progress has been made in private but not enough in public patriarchy.‐ Mean by this? Agree with this?

Patriarchy is 'a system of social structures and practices in which men dominate, oppress and exploit women'.

What kinds of examples of patriarchy might Walby identify within these spheres?

Combines Marxist and Radical Feminism.

http://www.refuge.org.uk/gethelpnow/whatisdomesticviolence/domesticviolencethefacts/http://www.aauw.org/research/thesimpletruthaboutthegenderpaygap/

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Difference feminism:Argues we cannot argue that all women are the same. The different experiences that women have within the family cannot be over‐simplified.EG: some black women feel the family has protected them from the racism of society.

However other feminists would argue one similarity is that all different types of women are at risk of sexual assault and domestic violence.

Poststructuralist feminism:BUTLER: Discourse/Power/Knowledge.The ability to define and label is given to men‐doctor's label women sick or as a patient when they are pregnant.Criticised the Enlightenment project as a discourse that primarily enables white western men.No fixed 'essence' of being a woman...poststructuralism enables women to deconstruct discourses and recognise power relationships better‐ enabling them to change.

Consider:To what extent do you agree with Butler about essentialism?How much do you think about labelling and who has the power in society and deconstruct it in life?

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Feminism article:

Read the article on 'Feminism: Is it a coherent theory.

Go through the main strands of feminist theory‐ write a list relating each slant of feminism to the family and consider the strengths and weaknesses of its arguments.

Feminism as a theory.pdf

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The personal life perspective on families:

1) Many previous perspectives assume the nuclear family is the dominant family, which ignores diversity of families.2) All previous perspectives have been structural theories. So top down where society impacts the individual and not the other way around. Some interactionist and postmodern sociologists argue we have choice over our relationships. Meaning should be more important to function.

List as many different families as you can.Explain the typical family which you think is now the dominant one?Are roles different to 30 years ago?Has the position of the child changed too?

TASK:

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Family has evolved‐ beyond blood and marriage:

Bottom up approach, individual reasons for everything. EG: a daughter may not be close to her mother but be happy to take in a boyfriend's mother to nurse back to health. We cannot argue we understand the family unless we look into individual motives.

Other relationships may be more important now‐ more so than family:‐With friends‐Fictive kin‐close friends eg of your mum's who you call 'auntie'.‐Gay 'chosen families'‐people chosen to be a supportive network.‐Relationship with dead relatives‐ live on in memory.‐Relationship with pets: Tipper (2011) found children always included pets as part of the family.

BOTTOM

UP

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Donor‐conceived children:Nordqvist and Smart: some parents focused on social relationships more than genetic ones.Eg: Erin spoke of the time and energy she put into raising a child not the donor itself.

Issues:Complicated feelings if someone would remark that the child looked like a parent who was not the real parent.Wonder what the donor looked like, if there were other donor children and to what extent they are 'family.'

TASK:Imagine you are a parentof a donor conceived child?At what point would you deem it appropriate to tell them so and how would you?What questions do you think they would have at different stages?

http://www.refuge.org.uk/get-help-now/what-is-domestic-violence/domestic-violence-the-facts/http://www.aauw.org/research/the-simple-truth-about-the-gender-pay-gap/

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April 18, 2018

Feb 204:32 PM

Plenary: (Exam will be 2 x 10 markers and a 20 marker but SAQs are good practice.

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