Evaluation of Post-Structural (Difference) Feminism By looking at the differences which exist between women, this approach has been accused of being divisive. It serves the purpose of turning women against each other, rather than encouraging them to unite against their shared enemy of patriarchy. The theory downplays the extent to which women do have shared experiences of problems such as limited job opportunities and experiences of violence at the hands of men. They theory is criticised for neglecting the real impact which wider social structures have such as patriarchy, capitalism and social institutions (e.g. the media and religion) on women, irrespective of their differences. Feminism: A Summary Feminism contributes to our understanding However, feminism is limited in aiding our of society understanding by… because… From a liberal point of view, acknowledging It exaggerates the extent to which equality the gains made by women in the fight for has been achieve, particularly for gender equality non-middle class women From a Marxist point of view, recognising It exaggerates the extent to which how the female role serves the purpose of capitalism contributes towards the benefitting capitalism oppression of women From a radical point of view, It fails to offer any realistic solutions to the acknowledging the extreme ways in which problem of patriarchy and ignores the women are disadvantaged by patriarchy positive relationships between men & women From a dual systems point of view, raising It neglects to recognise how sometimes awareness of the interrelationship between patriarchy and capitalism may come into capitalism and patriarchy conflict From an intersectional point of view, It weakens the feminist movement by acknowledging that not all women have a highlighting the differences between shared experience of oppression individual women
Evaluation of Post-Structural (Difference) Feminism By looking at the differences which exist between women, this approach has been accused of being divisive. It serves the purpose of turning women against each other, rather than encouraging them to unite against their shared enemy of patriarchy. The theory downplays the extent to which women do have shared experiences of problems such as limited job opportunities and experiences of violence at the hands of men. They theory is criticised for neglecting the real impact which wider social structures such as patriarchy, capitalism and social institutions (e.g. the media and religion) have on women, irrespective of their differences. Feminism: A Summary Feminism contributes to our understanding of society by… However, feminism is limited in aiding our understanding because… From a liberal point of view, acknowledging the gains made by women in the fight for gender equality From a Marxist point of view, recognising how the female role serves the purpose of benefitting capitalism From a radical point of view, acknowledging the extreme ways in which women are disadvantaged by patriarchy From a dual systems point of view, raising awareness of the interrelationship between capitalism and patriarchy From an intersectional point of view, acknowledging that not all women have a shared experience of oppression It exaggerates the extent to which equality has been achieve, particularly for non-middle class women It exaggerates the extent to which capitalism contributes towards the oppression of women It fails to offer any realistic solutions to the problem of patriarchy and ignores the positive relationships between men & women It neglects to recognise how sometimes patriarchy and capitalism may come into conflict It weakens the feminist movement by highlighting the differences between individual women