Liberal Feminism

• Most commonly associated with the 1st wave.
• Largely confined to middle and upper class.
• Liberty

  Women should be free to choose their own path, particularly role of mother or worker.
• Equal opportunity

  Women should have equal access to education and entry into careers.
• Equal rights

  Women should have the same civil rights as men.
• Patriarchy


  Don't believe to be oppressive but discriminatory.

  Reforms to the state and education will eventually dissolve the patriarchy.
• Radical change and interference seen as unnecessary and undesirable.