SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Marxist Feminism, Socialist Feminism, Labour Power
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Socialist feminism is a branch of feminism that emphasizes how women are disadvantage by relations of production and reproduction in society. Socialist feminism sometimes goes by the name of marxist feminism. Socialist feminism illustrates theories of structural oppression. In general socialist feminism emphasize two bases for structural oppression. As a result, many socialist feminist are dual-system theorist- dual system theorist suggest that capitalism and patriarchy are two distinct systems that intersect in relation to the oppression of women. We can illustrate the intersection between capitalism and patriarchy by referring to. Sylvia walby"s concepts of private patriarchy and public patriarchy. There has been a general shift over time from private patriarchy to public patriarchy. Public patriarchy connected to the capitalist production process. Public patriarchy exists in the economic and political spheres, and it is. It involves the segregation of women into work that involves less power and.