SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Marxist Feminism, Gender Inequality, Sexual Revolution

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Patriarchal society: men treated as dominant class, women disadvantaged. Turk would argue men let women believe they won (perpetuates myth; retains idea of authoriies and subjects) o o. Sexual revoluion allowed just enough change; reality is no change occurred. The belief that oppressions are interlinked and cannot be solved alone. Possible to work within the system to change things. Gender inequality rooted in class inequality; gender second to class according to mf o. Women drawn to crime in an efort to support themselves and children (capitalism); women commit property crimes more oten than men. Believe patriarchy is the cause of women"s oppression. The only way to chance is to create a world for women by women (female schools, etc. ) Believe liberaion can result lower female crime rates and even cause decrease in female vicimizaion rates. Oppression stems from patriarchal capitalist system; social organizaion structured by gender. Criminality is product of class-based system o o.

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