WGST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Leslie Feinberg, Radical Feminism, Radical Lesbians
30 Aug 2016
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Liberal: is an individualistic form of feminist theory, which focuses on women"s ability to maintain their equality through their own actions and choices. Liberal feminists argue that society holds the false belief that women are, by nature, less intellectually and physically capable than men; thus it tends to discriminate against women in the academy, the forum, and the marketplace. Liberalism goal is that men and women are treated as equals under the democratic laws that also influence important spheres of women"s lives, including reproduction, work and equal pay issues. Socialists had fought for decades to create a more equal society that did not exploit the poor and powerless in the ways capitalism did. Socialist feminists wanted to integrate the recognition of sex discrimination with their work to achieve justice and equality for women, working classes, the poor and all humanity.
