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Feminist critique

 

            The beginning of feminism, spread like a plague.
             The feminist movement had to be proclaimed no.
             different than the civil rights movement for blacks. The feminist movement was.
             a civil rights movement for women. This question has to be asked though, "Did.
             the feminist civil rights movement include all women like the civil rights.
             movement for blacks included all African-Americans?" Past feminism and popular.
             thought was guided in a way that itself was oppressive and exhibited traits of.
             dominance, in contradiction, new-age feminism and black feminism offer thought.
             that is committed to equality, mutual respect, and justice. When the feminist.
             movement began, it was a response to patriarch limiting what women could do.
             Women wanted the right to be able to do anything a man has the right to do. An.
             example of one of the biggest rights women won was the right to vote, which.
             sparked a fire that had been waiting to grow. The main aim was to make women.
             the social equals of men. They focused on women overcoming fear of power. If.
             they wanted equality with men they needed to participate equally in the.
             operating system of power imbalances. When these women talked about the.
             advancements they wanted, they made it seem as if they included women of every.
             race and class. It won much support and opened many women's eyes. One.
             particular group of women was speaking for every group of women. This.
             particular group of women, was not, on the other hand, speaking to every group.
             of women. Bourgeois feminism, which guided feminist thought at this time,.
             defined the cause as gaining equality with men. This broad definition.
             dismisses race and class that in conjunction with sexism will determine the.
             extent to which people are discriminated against, exploited, and oppressed.
             Only expressing the social concern of being equal to men, these women were not.
             taking into account race and class privilege. When these early feminist wrote.
             about the institution of the family, they criticized it for it's disadvantage.


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