Feminism Theory and Poverty Analysis

This report provides an in-depth analysis of feminism theory and its application to understanding poverty. It discusses the feminist approach to addressing poverty, including the empowerment of women and the elimination of gender-based disparities. The report also examines the Marxist perspective on women's incorporation into the economy, highlighting the importance of addressing poverty through economic means. A comprehensive review of relevant literature is included, with references to key books and journals in the field.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
SECTION 1......................................................................................................................................3
Feminization of poverty in women.............................................................................................3
SECTION 2......................................................................................................................................4
SECTION 3......................................................................................................................................5
Similarities between how feminists and Marxists explain poverty in women............................5
SECTION 4......................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Poverty means number of individuals who fall below certain category of income level.
Women undergo through severe poverty than men. Women face more difficulty to lift themself
out of poverty.
This study will highlight and examine the behaviour of feminist and critically examine
the viewpoints of feminist on poverty. This report will further examine, Marxists theory and its
belief on poverty in women. This report will further examine, similarities between the
viewpoints of feminist and Marxists on poverty in women. Furthermore it will highlight,
differences between the viewpoints of feminist and Marxists on poverty in women.
SECTION 1
Feminization of poverty in women
Feminization of poverty means change or gap in the level of income biasses between men
and women. This gap has widened in the past decade. The large number of women
approximately around 1.5 billion women in UK are living in 1 dollar or less for a day. This
phenomenon states that, there is a dis- appropriate percentage gap which states that large number
of poor population are mostly women. There is an increasing matter which affect female more
than men (Gimenez, 2018).
In accordance with age, sexuality and race it has been examined that, women are the
poorest than men. It is due to cultural issues and thinking where men are empowered more and
given more opportunities than women. Due to this issue, it adversely affect the children, family
and entire economy (Essay on Feminization Poverty, 2019). Women salaries have become
stagnant. This wage gap between men and women and also class issues makes women poorer
and keep them below poverty line. To avoid this, workplace discrimination must be avoided and
focus on giving equal opportunities to both men and women.
Globally women are affected by poverty and around 20% women working women work
within vulnerable environment (GLOBAL FEMINISM, 2019). Globally women are paid 60 t6o
75% of the men wages. Women's are exploited and discriminated at workplace (Swindells and
Jardine, 2018). There are various social and economic factors which contribute towards women
poverty which leads to increase in the wage gap between men and women.

There are various factors which lead to increase in the level of poverty in women
(Swindells and Jardine, 2018). This mainly includes low paid occupation, gender wage gap, lack
of family support to work, unemployment, sexual violence, education, single mother household,
health complications, exploitation, discrimination are few factors which lead to high level of
increase in poverty in women.
SECTION 2
Marxists of poverty in women.
Marxism is a method or theory which is also referred to as conflict theory. Marxism
theory focuses on socio- economic analysis and critically analyse the views of social conflicts
and class relations. There are various social; and economic barriers which leads to high level
increase in poverty level for women. Revolutionary socialist takes part in all these social factors
and fight against oppression, exploitation, discrimination, sexual violence, racism to reduce such
impact on the women and take necessary measures to reduce poverty ratio and the factors which
affect poverty in women (Pateman, 2018).
Effective ideas and concepts helps in reducing adverse factors which affect the efficiency
and helps in reducing the gender wage gap. The major cause of poverty in accordance with
Marxists viewpoint is due to increase in wage gap between men and women. This is the main
cause of capitalism (Crenshaw, 2018). He believed that, society and economic which has
inequality is bound to have rise in the poverty levels.
Various social workers focus on analysing the factors which affect the level of poverty in
women. Implication of various laws will help in resolving this issue which will help in
transforming the set crisis. Marxism theory incorporates various laws in support of increase in
the levels of poverty in women to reduce the impact. The main cause of poverty is due to
individual factors, cultural and social factors and structural factors (Watts, 2017).
Marxism theory focus on understanding the rights and focus on gender non-
discrimination (Reid, 2017). This will help in effectively reducing the level of poverty in women
which leads to higher sustainable growth and development of the economy.

SECTION 3
Similarities between how feminists and Marxists explain poverty in women.
Marxists theory mainly focus on analysing the viewpoint of various socialist and take
into consideration social and cultural factors. They take into consideration various laws and take
necessary measures to reduce the increase in the range of poverty (England, 2017).
Feminization of poverty mainly focus reducing the income gap and focus on women
empowerment (Swindells and Jardine, 2018). Marxists theory and Feminization of poverty
mainly focus on gender oppression, inequality, gender discrimination, low paid occupation,
gender wage gap, lack of family support to work, unemployment, sexual violence, education,
single mother household, health complications, exploitation at workplace.
Marxists theory and Feminization of poverty mainly focus on development and
implementation of various rights which leads to positive work environment. They both focus on
gender equality and give fine and equal wages to both men and women. Feminization of poverty
focus on solving the problem related with gender inequality and take necessary measures to
reduce the rates of poverty which leads to higher economic growth and more opportunities for
both men and women (Okin, 2016).
Marxists theory and Feminization of poverty also take into consideration various cultural
and social factors which helps in reducing adverse factors which influence the ratio of poverty in
women (Crenshaw, 2018). The Marxists theory also take into consideration social factors which
helps in evaluating economic crisis. Feminization of poverty and Marxists theory focus on
reducing gender inequality and also transform adverse condition like low paid occupation,
gender wage gap, lack of family support to work, unemployment, sexual violence, education,
single mother household, health complications, exploitation at workplace (Swindells and Jardine,
2018).
SECTION 4

Feminism explains the poverty in women as a phenomenon which refers to expanding the
difference between the woman and men which might cause in a sequence of economic scarcity.
This is not considered to inky consequence for lack of income but it is also the result of the
decreasing the capabilities on the basis of gender biases which is present in both the society as
well government.
It mainly concern the poverty of choices and opportunities as the ability to guide long,
creative and healthy life and also to enjoying the rights of the freedom, respect and the dignity.
The statement of feminism help in explaining the poverty in women is completely controversial
as it is defining the different ways which focusing on the income , time, assets , health, social
excusing, cultural exclusions etc.
It is the actually a matter of the human concern and this poverty is bringing the
generation of the vicious cycle of poverty which threatens the health of the women and their
families all around the world.
Marxist is the theory of feminism which focusing on the investigation and explanation of
different ways through which women are oppressed though the different systems of capitalism
and the private property that is this theory says the women liberalization can only be achieved if
the radical restructuring of capital economy happens. In which they are more focused on the
women;s labour which remain uncompensated.
In this theory the human nature is determined y the social form of the human labor. this
theory also focusing on the development of the capitalism and also the women movement that is
by developing the capitalism will leads to incorporate the women into the labor which helps in
providing the basis for the conditions to develop and reduce the poverty by incorporating them
in the productive process of the economy. W omens encompasses more chances and
opportunities to directly on the class struggle and also the combative action.
The successful implementation of the theory will leads to the greater development in the
feminist economy, women workers and also the women employees by letting the women's enter
into the fields.
Hence, it can be concluded that Marxist theory focusing on women incorporating tto the
working economy whereas feminism theory focusing on the gender equality between the women
and men and also the depreviation of the resources.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that the feminism concept plays the important
and crucial role in the entire world and different corners of the world. The feminism approach is
completely for the women empowerment and the women right which may includes the right to
freedom, right to choose, right to speak, right to behave, right to act and right ti defend
themselves from any offense being done with them.
The report is also concluding about the different approaches and theories which helps to
explain the poverty in the women and in addition with this Marxists theory is also explained in
the report which helps to understand the actual approach of poverty in the women and also the
reason to eliminate the poverty the differences and similarity between the feminists and Marxists
are also explained in the report

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Gimenez, M.E., 2018. The Feminisation of Poverty: Myth or Reality?. In Marx, Women, and
Capitalist Social Reproduction(pp. 210-233). BRILL.
Pateman, C., 2018. The disorder of women: Democracy, feminism and political theory. John
Wiley & Sons.
Watts, M., 2017. On the poverty of theory: natural hazards research in context.
In Environment (pp. 57-88). Routledge.
England, P., 2017. Comparable worth: Theories and evidence. Routledge.
Okin, S.M., 2016. Families and feminist theory: some past and present issues. In Feminism and
families (pp. 13-26). Routledge.
Swindells, J. and Jardine, L., 2018. What's Left?: Women in Culture and the Labour
Movement (Vol. 35). Routledge.
Crenshaw, K., 2018. Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A Black feminist critique
of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory, and antiracist politics [1989]. In Feminist
legal theory (pp. 57-80). Routledge.
Reid, C., 2017. The wounds of exclusion: Poverty, women’s health, and social justice.
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