AO1 Most feminists agree that oppression operates in both the public and the private sphere. AO2 Most feminists agree that all relationships between men and women, not just those in the public sphere, are based on power and dominance (bell hooks, Millett). [IJ] There is agreement between most second and third wave feminists that the personal is the political. AO1 Most feminists see the conditioning in the family as a key root of patriarchal oppression. AO2 Most feminists argue that the family plays several roles in perpetuating oppression through conditioning, the distribution of housework, and socialisation into artificial gender roles (de Beauvoir). [IJ] There is agreement between most strands of feminism that gender roles in a patriarchal society are part of a system of oppression. AO1 Most feminists agree that the personal is political and this informs the political action that is needed. AO2 Most feminists agree that revolutionary action is needed that would include the overthrow of patriarchy to ensure equality (Millett, bell hooks, Rowbotham). [IJ] There is agreement between most second and third wave feminists that their understanding of the personal is political helps define their political action and how to achieve a fairer society.

AO1 Liberal feminism tends to focus on gender inequalities emanating from the legal sphere, while radical feminists see patriarchy as the root cause of oppression. AO2 Liberal feminism focuses on ensuring equal access for women and men to the public realm and securing political and legal equality, rather than the radical transformation of the private realm (Millett). [IJ] Shows disagreement over whether feminists should distinguish between the public and the private realm in understanding the subjugation of women. AO1 Differences over whether the personal is the political lead to very different conclusions over the action needed. AO2 Liberal feminists argue for gradual reforms to secure legal and political equality and by changing attitudes over time; radical (Millett), socialist (Rowbotham) and postmodern feminists (bell hooks) argue for a revolution to overthrow patriarchy. [IJ] Shows disagreements within feminism about whether the personal is political lead to very different solutions for political action. AO1 There are disagreements within second and third wave feminism over the role played by the family in the private realm. AO2 Socialist feminists argue the family in capitalism confines women to unpaid reproductive labour (Rowbotham); radical feminists see the family as the primary source of patriarchal oppression (Millett); post-modern feminism sees the family as teaching the dominator values of imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy (bell hooks). [IJ] There is a disagreement within second and third wave feminism over the role of family/private sphere in shaping oppression.