DIFFERENCE FEMINISM

• • Difference feminists do not see women as a single homogeneous group. Differences of class, ethnicity, sexuality etc. all lead to different experiences of patriarchy. 
  • Hence, they emphasise diversity. ​ 
  • Difference feminists argue previous feminist theory claim ‘false universality’: it claims to apply to all women, but in reality, it is only about the experiences of white, western, heterosexual, middle-class women.
• ESSENTIALISM

  • Difference feminists criticise radical, liberal and Marxist feminists for being essentialists, whereby they see women as essentially the same and therefore fail to recognise diversity.