Feminist Theory

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Feminist Theory
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Feminism

• Feminism is theory that men and women should be
  equal politically, economically and socially.
  This is the core of all feminism theories.

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Gender

• Part of that culture-determination
• Such a position emphasizes the impossibility of
  separating the imagination from a socially,
  sexually, and historically positioned self.

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Gender

• The female Aesthetic aroseexpressing a unique
  female consciousness and a feminine tradition in
  literatureas it celebrated an intuitive female
  approach in the interpretation of womens texts.
• Virginia Woolf and Dorothy Richardson

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Gender theory

• Social construction upon biological differences.
• Proposes to explore ideological inscription and
  the literary effects of the sex/gender system.
• Open up the literary theory stage and bring in
  questions of masculinity into feminist theory

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Gender theory

• Taking gender as a fundamental analytic category
  brings feminist criticism from the margin to the
  center.

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Types of feminism

• Pop-feminism degrades men in all manners and
  glorifies women
• Radical feminism is the breeding ground for many
  of the ideas arising from feminism. This group
  views the oppression of women as the most
  fundamental form of oppression, one that cuts
  across the boundaries of race, culture and
  economic class.

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Types of feminism

• Separatists advocate separation from men. The
  core idea is that separating (by various means)
  from men enables women to see themselves in a
  different context. Many feminists, whether or not
  separatist, think this is a necessary first
  step, for personal growth.

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Types of feminism

• Cultural feminism There are fundamental
  personality differences between men and women,
  and that womens differences are special and
  should be celebrated. This theory of feminism
  supports the notion that there are biological
  differences between men and women. They want to
  overcome sexism by celebrating womens special
  qualities, womens ways and experiences.

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Types of feminism

• Ecofeminism is a theory that rests on the basic
  principal that patriarchal philosophies are
  harmful to women, children, and other living
  things.