Evans and Early radical Feminism Flashcards

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When did Radical Feminism emerge?

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In the late 1960s to early 1970s

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What type of change does radical feminism call for?

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Systemic political, economic and social change

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What form of representation does Radical feminism focus on as opposed to the equality of opportunity praised by early liberal feminists?

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Substantive equality

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What aspects of the left’s policy did Radical feminists adopt?

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The radical rejection of hierarchy, vanguardism, its concerns with means and ends as well as participatory democracy.

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What forms of oppression did Radical feminism call to be eliminated?

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All forms

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Though radical feminists Acknowledged other forms of oppression what was thought to be its main source?

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the main source of women’s oppression was patriarchy.

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What slogan was embraced by radical feminists?

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“The personal is political” as it critiqued the patriarchial dimensions of the family.

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List two limitations of early radical feminism:

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Simplistic attempts to eliminate hierarchy by abolishing structures

Patriarchy became the primary oppressor and others were second-handed

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