Feminism Worksheet

Task 1

Working in groups, discuss the following questions:

1 . What do feminists mean by malestream sociology?

2. Do you think there is any evidence that feminism as a movement has failed?

3. What are the issues that require gender analysis today?

Task 2

1. What do feminists mean by a 'patriarchy'?

2. Where could patriarchy have come from? Why is it still with us now? Is it inevitable?

Task 3

What evidence do you think there is that Scotland and/or the UK are patriarchies? Think about at least 3 institutions/aspects of society:

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Task 4

1. What are the strengths of feminist analysis?

2. What are the weaknesses of feminist analyses?

3. Does it matter that there are different strands within feminism?