The Radical Feminist View of the Family Feminism is the belief that women are unfairly treated in society and it should be changed in order to create equality with men. However not all feminists believe the same and there ideas vary. Radical Feminists believe that it has been built into the way society is structured that men are allowed to exploit and oppress women. They call this patriarchy. They believe that abuse in the family is down to men being psychologically warped by centuries of patriarchy into being unable to accept women as equals. Shulamith Firestone developed a theory in the 1960's when Radical Feminists began seeking to overturn what at the time was seen as grotesque and destructive bias towards male power in society. This theory was structural and based on long-term historical views beginning in prehistoric times. Women cave dwellers were seen in the eyes of men as permanently handicapped either by being pregnant or having to breast feeding for most of there adult lives, because of this women were unable to be very active. Men therefore began to take charge of activities that involved going out, hunting and gathering other resources such as firewood. Women were left in charge of the domestic activities such as looking after the house and the children. Over thousands of years because of men's aggressive and outgoing roles they became used to being dominant and women became use to being dependent on men for food and protection. As men began to like the power they had over women they tried to take power over men from other tribes for dominance and then the women were taken as slaves or sex objects. As time went on men a... ... middle of paper ... ...ould women have been equal? Liberal Feminists seem to have a better outlook on the way things have changed over the years and although it's slow in it is progression many new laws have been altered that defend women's rights and now women are allowed to do the same jobs as men and also receive the same pay. However it looks as though while changing the laws so women are equal has begun to caused a shift in dominance and women are now beginning to gain the same rights as men but also even more. Radical and Liberal Feminist though they have different views on the way things should be done they are both after the same thing, for women to have equality. Therefore I believe that although Radical Feminists have outrageous ideas about how to gain equality (by getting rid of men), this could actually be the only way.
Feminist Theory and/or Feminism is the fight/support of equality for women and men. I am a Feminist and I wanted to refer to this term as the best cartoon that reminded me of feminism before I knew what feminism was when I was younger. The Proud Family is a show that was originally piloted for Nickelodeon and eventually ended up on Disney Channel and ran from 2001 to 2005, starring 14 year old Penny Proud, a young African American woman who lives with her family in a middle class neighborhood. The show was created by Bruce W. Smith I believe and was marked as one of the first animated “Disney Channel Original Series”. One of the reasons I genuinely have fond memories of this show is because of how progressive it was.
offering women different amounts of pay and certain benefits as opposed to those offered to men
women are now able to vote, receive a standard of fairness in the workplace, hold
Policy statement: Women should receive equal pay for work of equal value. It is recommended that the Canadian government should design and pass a compulsory and proactive pay equity law, which would ensure that all Canadians receive equal pay for equal work.
Society seems to have many different opinions when it comes to relationships and families and what is ideal. The ideal family may not exist anymore. We now have in our society families that are complete that do not necessarily contain the traditional material. The traditional family, as society would see it; usually consist of a married, mother and father and usually children. Moms are supposed to stay at home while dads work the forty-hour a week job. However, in our 2003 world, families exist in a lot of non-traditional ways. A lot of families now consist of single parent families, or same sex parents and their children, or even couples that are unmarried but live together. And even now, if a family contains what society sees as traditional as far as having a mom, dad, and kids, other aspects are not traditional anymore. Women now have more opportunity in the workplace than they have ever had, therefore, many moms are career moms and dads are sometimes staying at home. Years ago, these types of families were given labels for being dysfunctional or abnormal, however, this label is not holding up as well as it did years ago. There are many non-traditional families that are raising children in a loving, nurturing home with a substantial amount of quality love. Quality is the key in any relationship between anyone. Society is finding out that it is not the traditional image that makes a loving family, but the quality of a relationship that people give to each other is what really makes a family. In the essay "The Myth of the "Normal" Family", written by Lousie B. Silverstein and Carl F. Auerbach, they make references to the cultural idea of what a "normal" family should be and what i...
In the past couple decades our society has taken enormous leaps in providing equality for women. The major turning point for gender equality was August of 1920 when the 19th amendment was passed, giving women in America the right to vote. During the 1800’s ideas of equality amongst citizens became more prominent and would eventually lead to the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Nevertheless before this time in many cases women were viewed as objects belonging to men. They had no legal right to property, they could not vote, many women at this time received little to no academic education, and women were also expected to stay at home raise kids and do other things such as clean and cook. After the Civil War more and more women started to join the workforce.
In all societies around the world, women are treated as if they are a minority group, just like any racial or ethnic group that is out of the norm. The justification for considering women as a minority group and the existence of sexism becomes clear through the examination of social indicators, including education, employment, and income.
Women and men for the most part have reached complete equality, but it hasn’t always been this way. In the past women weren’t treated as full citizens, by not having complete rights, limited amount of jobs, and hardly a say in anything. Today women have the same opportunities as men such as in, education, jobs, and full voting rights. Although all these rights have only been intact until just recently, women have only had a say in choosing a president for just a little under a century. In the past, women were expected to stay home and take care of the family while the men were at work. This was the expectation for women for centuries. However, that is no longer the case. Even with a large percentage of women at work, a wage a gap is prevalent. Although the wage gap has nothing to do with being sexist its just that women have a more passionate side to them, which makes them better teachers nurses, and
The Equal Pay Act (part of the Fair Labor Standards Act), forbids employers to compensate women differently for jobs that are “substantially equal”, that is, almost identical. Traditionally, women have worked in different occupations than men; these occupations tend to be substantially different, pay less and confer less authority.
For hundreds of years women have been fighting for equality and the same rights as
Despite many assumptions, gender equality is not limited to creating advancement and advantages for women. Instead, it simply aims to promote equal rights and access to
Women Deserve the Same Rights as Men From the beginning of time, women have played a powerful role in the shaping of this world. They have stood by idly and watched as this country moved on without them, and yet they have demanded equal rights as the nation rolls along. Through the years, the common belief has been that women could not perform as well as men in anything, but over the years that belief has been proven wrong time and time again. So as time marches on, women have clawed and fought their way up the ladder to gain much needed equal respect from the opposite sex. However, after many years of pain and suffering, the battle for equal rights has not yet been won.
In the workplace, women do not receive the same benefits that men do. Some women do the same job, for the same amount of hours, and still do not receive the same pay for their work. Is there a specific reason behind this? No, it is just one of the many inequalities that goes on on the job. As pointed out in the essay by Susan Faludi, Blame it on Feminism, women earn less. The average women’s paycheck is twenty percent less than their male counterparts. Men with only high school education’s make more than some women who have graduated college. Most women are still working the traditional “female” jobs: secretaries, teachers, and nurses for example. Construction work, engineering, and doctor’s, are considered “out of our reach” and men’s jobs. Women are very capable of doing these jobs, but most times when applying for a “man’s job” are not taken seriously. American women are more likely not to receive health insurance and twice as likely not to draw pension then American men. They face the biggest gender-biased pay gap in the world.
There should be equal pay for men and women for their equal strengths and skills.
In order for society to meet the basic social needs of its members, social institutions, which are not buildings, or an organization or even people, but a system whose of social norms, mores and folkways that help make people feel important. Social institutions, according to our textbook, is defined as a fundamental component of this organization in which individuals, occupying defined statues, are “regulated by social norms, public opinion, law and religion” (Amato 2004, p.961). Social institutions are meant to meet people’s basic needs and enable the society to survive. Because social institutions prescribe socially accepted beliefs, values, attitudes and behaviors, they exert considerable social control over individuals.