feminism

type of feminism:

description:

personal opinions:

liberal feminism

feminism that seeks equality for women by campaigning for changes in the law, for example by staging protests against rape or for equal pay

radical feminism

takes the view that women cannot be liberated within a capitalist patriarchal society, and it advocates a total uprooting and rebuilding of society

Marxist feminism

they see women’s struggles for freedom through the lens of Marxism, so women’s oppression is understood as a symptom of the oppression that occurs when there is private ownership of the means of production (such as factories n farms)

black feminism

aim to give voices to, and further the interests of, non-white women in their own cultural contexts

ecofeminism

emphasises a connection between women and the natural world, seeing a relationship between care for the planet and freedom for women, and placing blame for damage to the planet on patriarchal capitalism

separatist feminism

seeks freedom for women in isolation from men, seeing heterosexual relationships as inherently disempowering for women. separatist feminism closely linked to lesbian feminism, which promotes same-sex relationships for women