To what extent do feminist theories remain relevant for interpreting gendered patterns of work.

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Since the late nineteenth-century feminists have sought equality amongst members of society, in response specifically to women's oppression by men. By noticing this, feminists over the world have united to induce a change to this. Only by spreading their word and through the force of these theories, has women's consciousness about their fate changed. They have been partly responsible for the passing of new laws - for example -to eliminate gender oppression and fundamentally allow women the same rights as men. Although this does not mean that now man and woman are entirely the same or equal, it does however demonstrate that feminism has encouraged some degree of change in societal structure. This has particularly shown in the workplace, with - for example - more women in the labour market and less gendered divisions in jobs. Throughout the course of this essay, I will aim to demonstrate some of the gendered patterns of work - in both the U.S and Britain - in relation to feminist theory. I will also present some of the problems with interpreting employment with this theory, and to do this, I will make some notes on changing masculinities.

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