How The Feminist Movement Re-created Welfare States

Abstract

This paper provides a history of the welfare state and how it relates to women. It complies different articles from various countries to illustrates how the welfare state has been impacted by feminism. Further, it concludes that the welfare state was constructed to benefit the patriarchy and was used as a tool of discrimination against women, while aiming to do the opposite. This suggests that the welfare state needs to be re-created to benefit everyone and ensure equity.