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Learning objectives:
 To recap understanding of basic feminist concepts
(such as patriarchy)
 To relate feminist thinking to range of social issues
(and consolidate our understanding)
 To develop paragraph style in sociology writing
(illustrating points with examples)
Patriarchy is..
Power held by men
Patriarchal
ideology is..
A set of ideas that
benefit men and keep
women oppressed
In today’s lesson we are going to examine how men try
to control women.
We will consider how women are encouraged to behave
in certain ways – which benefit men.
We will consider how ideas about ‘being a woman’ are a
form of ideology and created to benefit men in society.
The issues to consider:
Social control
of women
Gender role
socialisation
Things to consider:
Things to consider:
• Ways men control women
• Stereotypes
• Women and the home
• Parental expectations
• Judgements by men
• Role models
• Women and employment
• How women behave and why
• Relationship rules
• Relationships
• Public spaces
• Media images
Promoting idea
of marriage
Nails/lips –
attractive for
man
Clinging onto
him - protector
Domestic role
Man in suit breadwinner
Servant of a
man
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