Post Modern Feminiss

Question 1

What are the key ideas of post modern feminists?

Answer 1

1. There are differences between women
2. Different women experience patriarchy in different ways, and to different extents
3. There is no single cause of patriarchy
4. No single definition of feminism

Question 2

How are post modern feminists different to previous feminists?

Answer 2

Post modern feminists recognise that there are profound differences between women

Question 3

How are radical feminists different to post modern feminists?

Answer 3

Post modern feminists argue that women are profoundly affected by issues to do with ethnicity, religion and class rather than social division

Question 4

How are post modern feminists different to liberal feminists?

Answer 4

Post modern feminists point out that different injustices faced by black and or working class women instead of focusing on white middle class women

Question 5

How are post modern feminists different to traditional socialist feminists?

Answer 5

They note that any individual woman’s oppression may be based on a unique combination of gender, ethnicity, physicality and class etc rather than just capitalism