SRS 2111 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mantra, Machismo, Temple University Press

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 2111
• Professor: Naomi Goldenberg

Document Summary

The personal is political" was a term coined to highlight the issues that surrounded women"s personal lives in the early 1960s. It became a mantra of the feminist movement at the time, and it showed that women"s access to healthcare, household responsibilities, and religion were political issues. It was a term that was meant to inspire women to be politically active to issues that affected their lives, and to make sure that women"s voices were heard. This sentence is particularly important due to the fact that its meaning is extended to religion, stating that it has become political. The meaning of the personal is political" can be extended to suggest that everything a woman does is not political including her personal choices. Personal is political" would refer to personal problems becoming political issues, meaning that every problem a woman may experience in her life is a result of systematic oppression (winter).