Examine the ways in which Feminist sociologists gave contributed to our understanding of family roles and relationships
Eleanor Hargreaves
Examine the ways in which Feminist sociologists gave contributed to our understanding of family roles and relationships
The four feminists sociologists that have contributed to our understanding of family roles and relationships are Liberal, Marxist, Radical and Different Feminists, all of these have different theories on how the society should be run and how families should act.
Firstly Liberal Feminists have contributed to our understanding of family roles and relationships as they were protesting against sex discrimination and also for equal rights for women; which they hoped would influence people of both genders ti support them. Liberals also believed that Women’s oppression would be overcome on its own by changing attitudes within society. Although Liberal feminists don’t believe full gender equality has been achieved, they’re has been a significant improvement; this is shown in the Equal Pay act of 1970 and the sex discrimination act in 1975. An example of a liberal feminists is Jennifer Somerville, she believes that there needs to be males in the household but encourages greater equalities in the relationship and policies to help working parents. Therefore they believe legislation will affect the family and both society as the women will influence the family to new values and ideas.
However other feminists criticize liberal feminists firstly because, they fail; to challenge the actual underlying cause of women’s oppression, but instead focus on changing people’s attitudes and legislation, in which they hope will be enough to achieve full quality. Secondly Marxist and Radical feminists believe that none of this matters unless big revolutionary changes to the social structure are made.
Another type of feminist is Marxism, these argue that the main cause of oppression of women in the family is capitalism and not men as suggested by other feminists. Women’s oppression have several functions for capitalism, these include: Women reproduce
Examine the ways in which Feminist sociologists gave contributed to our understanding of family roles and relationships
The four feminists sociologists that have contributed to our understanding of family roles and relationships are Liberal, Marxist, Radical and Different Feminists, all of these have different theories on how the society should be run and how families should act.
Firstly Liberal Feminists have contributed to our understanding of family roles and relationships as they were protesting against sex discrimination and also for equal rights for women; which they hoped would influence people of both genders ti support them. Liberals also believed that Women’s oppression would be overcome on its own by changing attitudes within society. Although Liberal feminists don’t believe full gender equality has been achieved, they’re has been a significant improvement; this is shown in the Equal Pay act of 1970 and the sex discrimination act in 1975. An example of a liberal feminists is Jennifer Somerville, she believes that there needs to be males in the household but encourages greater equalities in the relationship and policies to help working parents. Therefore they believe legislation will affect the family and both society as the women will influence the family to new values and ideas.
However other feminists criticize liberal feminists firstly because, they fail; to challenge the actual underlying cause of women’s oppression, but instead focus on changing people’s attitudes and legislation, in which they hope will be enough to achieve full quality. Secondly Marxist and Radical feminists believe that none of this matters unless big revolutionary changes to the social structure are made.
Another type of feminist is Marxism, these argue that the main cause of oppression of women in the family is capitalism and not men as suggested by other feminists. Women’s oppression have several functions for capitalism, these include: Women reproduce