SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Radical Feminism, Liberal Feminism

• School: Tunxis Community College
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Clucas

Document Summary

Radical feminism is a branch of feminism that emphasize how women are disadvantages by relation of reproduction in society. Radical feminism illustrated theories of gender oppression. It has been adopted my many feminist in the united stated, but far les influential in canada and europe. In general radical feminist see three major for oppression of women. Biology- most feminist reject biological determinism in terms of explaining the situation of women. They argue that women subordinate position in relation to men is rooted in their biological capacity to reproduce. E. g radical feminist schulamith firestone blame women"s oppression on what she called the biological family according to firestone, pregnancy and the need for subsequent child care make women economically dependent on men for their survival. Patriarchy refers to a system of male domination- it is a form of society which privileges men in all aspects of social life.