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Evaluate the contribution of feminist perspecties to an understanding of contemporary family life.
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Feminists have very different vies of the family to Functionalists. Because functionalists believe that a family is a harmonious unit in which there are no negativities and everybody is equal. A feminist main belief is that the society we live in today is male dominated (patriarchal). Feminists are against men and believe that they are the enemy amongst a family. There are different types of feminists, which have slightly different views about the family and what it entails. Radical feminists believe that the patriarchal ideology leads to the domination of women and children whether it is in the family or within the wider society. Radical feminists also believe that rape and sexual assault are seen as evidence of male power and that the family is its basis for its maintenance. Liberal feminists don't think that it is either men or capitalism for the unequal treatment of women in the family. Liberal...
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