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2. Feminism Lesson Objectives • Understand Feminist theory of the family • Quote appropriate writers for this theory • Understand what the theory suggests • Evaluate the theory

3. Starter: Card sort • Sort the cards out into a timeline of events to do with feminism/women’s rights.

4. Timeline… Emmeline Pankhurst founds the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). The word "suffragette" was first used to describe women campaigning for the right to vote. Emily Wilding Davison throws herself under the King's horse at the Epsom Derby and is killed.

5. Timeline… Representation of the People bill, doubles the electorate, giving the parliamentary vote to about six million women. Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. Women given the vote at the age of 21 - the same as men. By the end of the war there were 460,000 women in the military and over 6.5 million in civilian war work.

6. Timeline… Contraception made free to all women Abortion Act introduced. The first British conference of the Women's Liberation Movement in Oxford resolved to press for employment legislation. The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer and The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir published. Cosmopolitan magazine launched in Britain.

7. Timeline… The Equal Pay Act and Sex Discrimination Act come into effect and equal opportunities commission established. Rape in marriage was criminalised. Trade Union reform and Employment Rights Act guarantees every working woman the right to maternity leave for the first time. 120 women win seats in the general election.

8. Can women get into the top jobs?If so, are there any job sectors that women are more likely to succeed in?

9. Can women get into the top jobs?If so, are there any job sectors that women are more likely to succeed in?

10. Feminism Watch the background on feminism. What are your thoughts? In what ways have women been oppressed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XgPD8d3hT0 How is femininity perceived in western society? What are the miss conceptions of feminism? How are women defined?

11. Feminist Perspectives • Conflict theory – between males and females • They are interested in the structure of patriarchy (male domination, female subordination and therefore gender inequality) that characterizes the organisation of modern societies. • Focus on gender inequality in education, employment, social mobility, political power and family relationships.

12. Central to the feminist approach is the idea of patriarchy or male dominance of society. Patriarchy is reinforced in the family. Feminists argue that men benefit from families at the expense of women - both in their personal experience and broadly because the family sustains patriarchy in society. Patriarchy

13. Walby (1990) • defines patriarchy as a ‘system of social structures and practices in which men dominate, oppress and exploit women’ she sees patriarchy as embedded in six structures, which combine to keep women in a position of subordination. The household Women have primary responsibility for housework and childcare, limiting access to and promotion in paid work Paid work Women have lower-paid, lower-status, and more part-time and temporary jobs The state Policies are primarily in men’s interests

14. Walby (1990) • defines patriarchy as a ‘system of social structures and practices in which men dominate, oppress and exploit women’ she sees patriarchy as embedded in six structures, which combine to keep women in a position of subordination. Sexuality Different standards of behaviour are expected of men and women Male violence Male violence against women, like domestic violence and rape, either condoned, ignored or inadequately tackled by the state Cultural institutions Religion, media, education and other institutions reinforce patriarchy

15. Types of Feminism There are many types of feminism; Liberal Radical Marxist Difference

16. Types of Feminism There are many types of feminism; Liberal – concerned with human civil rights and freedoms of the individual. Believe all humans have equal rights. Radical – key concept is patriarchy ‘rule of fathers’. They believe society is run by men Marxist – reject liberal and radical feminists they believe women's subordinated rooted in capitalism. Difference – don’t see women as a single homogenous group. MC and WC women, white and black women, lesbian and heterosexual women have very different experiences of patriarchy, capitalism, racism and homophobia etc..

17. Task • In groups you will each be assigned a different feminist approach • You will each become an expert on this type of feminism. • You are going to make a story board/presentation this lesson – we will present it on Friday • You must be able to explain it without reading it off your sheet.

18. Preparation for Learning • Pictionary

19. Lesson Objective • To be able to evaluate feminist perspectives of society.

20. Feminism Individually what can you remember?

21. Feminism

22. Feminism

23. Construct • Judge whether the you think the following evaluation points are strengths or weaknesses of each feminist perspective – explain why.

24. Construct evaluation

26. Evaluation

27. Apply • What do we know about each type of feminism in relation to education? • You are going to use this information including the evaluation to create a newspaper article on A3 paper – you must cover all types of feminism but your stories can relate to education. You can make things up e.g. Crosswords/interviews/stories as long as it has a feminist focus.

28. Feminism • Assess the usefulness of feminist contribution to our understanding of society today (20 marks) • What information would you use?