In the 50s, feminist activist and author Simone de Beauvoir, suggested in her book that the term "women" we use in everyday life today is different from the same term "women" used in her book. Until now, the concept/definition of "women" has emerged from the androcentrism of the patriarchic society, a kind of "women" in the androcentric mentality, which is also a social and civic misconception created to harbor and enhance the ruling status of men. .
What are the aspirations of feminism? Firstly, we give a simple definition to "feminism". What is feminism? It is women who desire the equality of all humankind, a relationship which challenges between the status or men and the statue of women, as well as to and oppose any hierarchical structures, laws and customs that cause women to lose individuality, to be subordinative and inferior.
Going into an art gallery and looking around, there are only 5% of exhibits whose artists are female, while 85% of the exhibits were nude pictures or sculptures of women. "Why are there no great woman artist?" asked Linda Nochlin. Women are discriminated against politically, culturally and economically. Their standing is only considered from the point of view of men.
In the 70s, feminist art reached its peak. A group of feminist activist artists refused to conform to the pro-masculine way of expression, and the concept of "men are better then women", yet they were surrounded such a way of thinking. If they wanted to overcome this restraint, then they would have to discover a world which belonged wholly to women. .
In 1971, Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro founded "Womanhouse" in Los Angeles, which was a declaration of the world of female artists. Assisted by 21 female students of Art, they turned a derelict Hollywood mansion into a residential compound where they could share their worries, hopes, wishes, feelings and knowledge individually and wholly, without having any regard as to how they were seen.
