Discuss the view that the increase in divorce over the last 30 years is primarily due to change to women’s’ attitudes.
Feminists agree with this statement that attitudes in women have increased the number of divorces. Radical feminists would say that the exploitation of women and inequality is the reason the reason why there was not as much divorces, as men oppress women. An example is when Valerie Bryson (1999) said that ‘(women) are an oppressed group who had to struggle for their own liberation against their oppressors - that is, against men.’ this is example can say about the divorce as women struggle for liberation and are oppressed but their liberation came when in 1975, they could divorce without proof just due to unwanted marriage whereas before proof had to be found out however leaving the marriage is hard for women from 1980 to present could be very hard as women are more likely to have less pay and more to pay out for as statistically more women leave a marriage with children, therefore having to pay more for the children while statistically they are in part- time work as if they were full-time, they would have to pay childcare costs, but in part-time no childcare costs but less money to use but the ones who have full-time jobs or no children to divorce it would be much easier for them.
Marxist feminists do not believe that the exploitation of women are due solely to men, they believe that capitalism is the main source. Like radical feminists they believe that the woman are exploited the most is their unpaid housework. Although men in general benefit, it is primarily capitalists who gain from this. As no new generations give no cost to capitalist as they are future workers, and provide capital throughout their lives. In marriage this exploitation is great as in part-time and housewife they are mostly exploited as they have to do housework generally (which is unpaid work) and not as much work as that of full-time worker which compared to radical...