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Postmodernism and Feminism and Stratification

Postmodernism and Feminism and Stratification. www.educationforum.co.uk. Feminism. Owes much to Weberianism . Feminism identifies more than just economic inequality – Weberian ideas like status (men and women) and party (old boys networks), also very important. Types of Feminism.

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Postmodernism and Feminism and Stratification

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  1. Postmodernism and Feminism and Stratification www.educationforum.co.uk

  2. Feminism • Owes much to Weberianism. • Feminism identifies more than just economic inequality – Weberian ideas like status (men and women) and party (old boys networks), also very important

  3. Types of Feminism • Liberal – gradual legal change to values and attitudes • Marxism – links patriarchy and capitalism in a symbiotic relationship • Radical – ideas of gender and gender roles of central importance

  4. Feminism and Functionalism • All feminisms reject Parson’s idea that gender inequality is functional for society as a whole • Women are seen as grossly and unfairly unequal in society – patriarchy only ‘functional’ for men

  5. Types • Liberal – gradual changes in the law can change attitudes and improve the status of women over time (JS Mill, Mary Wolstencroft) • Marxist – women can only be equal when capitalism is replaced by an egalitarian society (Catherine Hakim, Frederick Engels) • Radical – what is feminine is currently defined by men – women should separate to develop a positive culture of feminity (Greer) and break free of the biological function of childbirth (Firestone)

  6. Postmodernism • Pomos see inequality and indeed social classes as things from the ‘modern’ period. No longer relevant or meaningful (Lyotard) • No groups or societies share a common set of norms and values it is therefore meaningless to talk about inequalities. • Society is diffuse and atomised into individuals – individuals may fee unequal but to talk of the inequality of a group is meaningless

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