Evans and Early radical Feminism Flashcards
When did Radical Feminism emerge?
In the late 1960s to early 1970s
What type of change does radical feminism call for?
Systemic political, economic and social change
What form of representation does Radical feminism focus on as opposed to the equality of opportunity praised by early liberal feminists?
Substantive equality
What aspects of the left’s policy did Radical feminists adopt?
The radical rejection of hierarchy, vanguardism, its concerns with means and ends as well as participatory democracy.
What forms of oppression did Radical feminism call to be eliminated?
All forms
Though radical feminists Acknowledged other forms of oppression what was thought to be its main source?
the main source of women’s oppression was patriarchy.
What slogan was embraced by radical feminists?
“The personal is political” as it critiqued the patriarchial dimensions of the family.
List two limitations of early radical feminism:
Simplistic attempts to eliminate hierarchy by abolishing structures
Patriarchy became the primary oppressor and others were second-handed