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"Outline and evaluate the feminist contribution to an understanding of contemporary family life" Over the years feminism has had an increasing impact on various different aspects of family life, one of these includes the family, areas of family life like domestic violence and housework were previously not really considered as aspects of sociology but were introduced by feminists. In highlighting these they have raised awareness as to women's role within society and the impact of domestic female Labour on economy as a whole, these ideas were previously not fully understood in society where male dominance was prevalent and often considered inevitable. Engles and Zaretsky were two women who acknowledged this factor and brought light to it in a Marxist perspective; they stated that women were often exploited in marriage and in households. They feel that this exploitation is inevitable and therefore the only real solution is to change the system as...

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