Social Work 1022A/B Lecture 5: Lecture 5

• School: Western University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: Social Work 1022A/B
• Professor: Michelle Gibson

Document Summary

Feminist theory: analyzes families from a macro and micro level, posit that family relations and society are based on the power and authority of men (patriarchy) which results in women having limited choices and denied opportunities, views gender as a social construct developed through gendered socialization, the family is often seen as the central institution that reproduces the social roles and mechanisms that maintain patriarchal oppression, looking at micro and macro perspective, power relationship, women are oppressed from dominant system, views gender as a social construction, family is the center of a woman experience. Maternal feminism: the belief that early feminists that women as mothers and caregivers had an important but distinctive role to play in society and politics, situates women as feminine, rather unquestioning in its approach, roles as mother and care giver, women are better than because they can empathize and sensitive, women are the basis of social work.