Feminism ALREADY PASSED
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 and sexual conduct, as the root of patriarchal
oppression.
-Some feminists have also criticised the public/private divide in that it conceals aspects of female
oppression such as the failure to recognise the significance of domestic work carried out by women in
the home.
Why is the distinction between sex and gender crucial to feminist analysis? -✔✔✔-Feminists have
placed a particular emphasis on the distinction between sex and gender.
-sex refers to biological differences between females and males, differences that are natural and
therefore unalterable.
-Gender, on the other hand, refers to the different roles that society ascribes to men and women,
usually imposed through contrasting stereotypes of 'masculinity' and 'femininity'. Sex is therefore
'given', while gender is 'constructed'.
-This distinction has crucial to feminist analysis because it emphasises that women's physical, biological
and anatomical make-up does not determine their social position or political status. Sex is thus not
destiny. Patriarchy can be overthrown as gender roles and stereotypes are challenged and rejected.
-Define patriarchy, and explain its importance to feminist analysis. -✔✔✔-Patriarchy refers to the
domination of men and the subordination of women in society at large, reflecting the rule of the
husband-father within the conventional family. -It is a concept that plays a particularly important role
within radical feminism, where it highlights the pervasive, systematic and institutionalised power
relationship between women and men.
-As it implies parallels between the patriarchal family and patriarchy in the larger society, patriarchy
suggests that female emancipation requires not merely more equal access for women to the public
sphere, but also a radical restructuring of the private sphere and of culture in general.
-For socialist feminists, patriarchy and capitalism are interlocking systems of oppression
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 and sexual conduct, as the root of patriarchal
oppression.
-Some feminists have also criticised the public/private divide in that it conceals aspects of female
oppression such as the failure to recognise the significance of domestic work carried out by women in
the home.
Why is the distinction between sex and gender crucial to feminist analysis? -✔✔✔-Feminists have
placed a particular emphasis on the distinction between sex and gender.
-sex refers to biological differences between females and males, differences that are natural and
therefore unalterable.
-Gender, on the other hand, refers to the different roles that society ascribes to men and women,
usually imposed through contrasting stereotypes of 'masculinity' and 'femininity'. Sex is therefore
'given', while gender is 'constructed'.
-This distinction has crucial to feminist analysis because it emphasises that women's physical, biological
and anatomical make-up does not determine their social position or political status. Sex is thus not
destiny. Patriarchy can be overthrown as gender roles and stereotypes are challenged and rejected.
-Define patriarchy, and explain its importance to feminist analysis. -✔✔✔-Patriarchy refers to the
domination of men and the subordination of women in society at large, reflecting the rule of the
husband-father within the conventional family. -It is a concept that plays a particularly important role
within radical feminism, where it highlights the pervasive, systematic and institutionalised power
relationship between women and men.
-As it implies parallels between the patriarchal family and patriarchy in the larger society, patriarchy
suggests that female emancipation requires not merely more equal access for women to the public
sphere, but also a radical restructuring of the private sphere and of culture in general.
-For socialist feminists, patriarchy and capitalism are interlocking systems of oppression
