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'Assess the contribution made by feminists' sociologists to the study of the family' Feminists' stress that gender is a major feature of family living, they argue that it should be recognised that families contain both men and women and that gender often has a profound impact on the ways in which the individuals actually experience and understand living in families. They highlighted 'patriarchy' and a need for change and women's independence. However there are a variety of feminisms such as liberal, radical, Marxist and difference which have all made their own contribution. Liberal feminists' believe that women were once oppressed in the family and society, but now as law changes and attitudes have changed things have improved greatly and will continue to do so till equality is achieved. There is much evidence to prove things have changed to benefit women, for example Domestic violence is dealt with seriously by the police, men...

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