Sociology - Marxist-feminist theory of the family

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Across
  1. 4. Economic system that Marxist-feminists argue exploits women within the family.
  2. 5. What women are expected to do to children to produce a future labour force.
  3. 8. Sociologist who argued that women act as “safety valves” for men’s frustrations caused by capitalism.
  4. 9. Marxist-feminist who argued that the nuclear family benefits capitalism and disadvantages women.
  5. 11. The process by which women create and nurture the next generation of workers.
  6. 13. Feeling experienced by male workers due to lack of control at work, described by Ansley.
  7. 14. Term used to describe women as a flexible workforce used during economic booms and laid off in recessions.
Down
  1. 1. Unpaid work such as housework that contributes to the maintenance of the labour force.
  2. 2. Key Marxist term describing how women’s domestic labour benefits capitalism without pay.
  3. 3. Behaviour that can arise when male worker frustration is displaced onto women.
  4. 6. The perspective Marxist-feminists criticise for viewing the family as naturally beneficial.
  5. 7. What the family helps maintain through unpaid domestic and emotional labour.
  6. 10. Set of ideas that makes women's domestic roles appear natural and legitimate.
  7. 12. Social system in which men dominate women; reinforced through family roles.