G674 Key Thinkers

Seidler: Post modernist- 1989/1994

Men fear the consequences of being emotional
Emotions have no place in the workplace
Masculinity is closely related to Enlightenment
Knowledge can only come from reason and rationality
Women are closer to nature and more emotional
The association of men contribute to male patricarchal power
Men are more likely to tell their female partners that they are being irrational and emotional

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Black feminists can contribute to knowledge and ideas on feminism
They can change the way black Britsh women are viewed as passive victims of racism, patriarchy and class inequality.
Black women are believe to come from the third world
They try to overcome domestic violence. Sexism and racism in schools.
Developed alternative family forms
And challenge the activities of police and immigration authorities.

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Marxism cannot explain gender inequalities
Marxism does not explain why women have lower paid jobs outside the home and yet they still carry out the majority of domestic work
She sees society as patriarchal.
Patricarchy is maintained throught the way men control women's labour power.
Women who are married become their husbands property
Patricarchy and capitalism are closely linked
Increasing participiation of women in work today has made them slightly less dependent on men, but wages tend to be too low to give them true independence

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Gender inequality originated in the patriarchal societal structures imposed on women through their biology.
The physical, social and psychological disadvantages imposed by pregnancy, child birth and subsequent child-rearing.
She describes pregnancy as barbaric.
She argued that a patricarchal society would come back due to fertility treatments and family types.

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Sociology is dominated by men and patriarchal ideology.
Social constructions have influenced persepective on the sociology of family, education, crime, age and many other areas.
Sociology needs to remove patriarchal elements to move on.

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