society

• • All feminists argue women are treated unequally in society.
  • Liberal feminists focus on the public sphere, whilst radical feminists focus on the private sphere.
  • Post-modern feminists now see society as more complex than gender divisions.
  • Difference feminists see a separate course for women in society, free from male dominance and power, whilst egalitarian feminists want to see gender divisions removed at home and in wider society.
• Liberal feminists

  • Focus solely on the public sphere, meaning things that impact society
• Liberal feminists

  • Gilman said that in modern society there was no longer any justification to assign inferior roles to women
• Radical feminists

  • Believe that society itself is patriarchal and that 'the personal is political' because all relationships between men and women, whether public or private, are based on power and dominance and so are oppressive
• Equality feminists

  • Want a society where gender no longer determines a person's identity
• Difference feminists

  • Worry that making women more like men means losing what makes women unique
• Post-modern feminists

  • Argue that black and working-class women's experiences differ from white middle-class experiences, known as intersectionality
• All feminists believe that women are not treated equally in society