Postmodern Feminists

• • Argues for more fluid understanding of all women as each have different experiences which cannot be generalised
  • Believed in intersectionality and that gender was the only thing affecting women in society
  • Criticised feminism for focusing too much on white, middle class women
• bell hooks

  • Argues different groups in society suffer from inequality
  • Patriarchy has taught women to hate themselves and see themselves as inferior
  • Women need to unlearn self hatred and no longer see their bodies as property of men
• Examples of Postmodern success

  - First Black female MP (1987) Diane Abbott

  - Gender Recognition Act (2004) Allows individuals to change their gender