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Thinkers and their Ideas Categorise
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Simone de Beauvoir
Kate Millett
Sheila Rowbotham
bell hooks
To escape oppression under capitalism, men turned to their families, meaning that women faced further oppression at home
On top of the regular oppression of capitalism, women are also expected to support their families and so have a double burden
Blamed culture for promoting and enabling gender stereotypes
Believed that children should all be able to play with the same toys, wear the same clothes and be taught the same things to remove gender bias
She considered that the view of women having a separate nature was simply a cause of male oppression
Proposed a communal housing system allowing all a degree of individuality while retaining the benefits of having partners and families
The family was a patriachal tool designed to oppress women by showing them their place
Considered that mainstream feminism focused mainly on white middle- and upper-class educated women, and ignored the rest
Revolution is required to remove both capitalism and sexism by changing cultural norms
Promoted intersectionality - the idea that class and race can also affect the oppression of women
Came up with the concept of 'otherness' - the idea that women were taught that men were a norm to aspire to
Women should feel free to act like men or take up traditionally male roles
Believed that women lost their freedom when subjected to marriage and when within a family
Girls are, from a young age, expected to conform to gender roles set by society
Considered that women of colour had a tougher time as they had to choose between supporting feminist movements, where their race was ignored, or racial movements, where they continued to be oppressed by men