Problem
Radical feminism
Other Names:
Women's liberationGender politics
Nature:
Feminism implies a radical ideology in favour of liberation of women from traditional role-playing. As a movement encompassing a wide range of views of varying degrees of militancy, it may tend to lack cohesiveness and may be extremist in certain tactics and, by denigrating the virtues traditionally held to be worthy of respect in women, may reduce rather than increase internal self-worth of those whose liberation it is attempting to assist. It may increase family breakdown and child-neglect, make conflict rather than cooperation the norm in situations involving members of both sexes, and possibly lead to discrimination against men. Women in developing countries are sceptical of ways in which the feminist agenda has been "mainstreamed" and thereby neutralized.
Incidence:
Feminist groups of women strive to rid themselves of whatever it is that creates an oppressive environment for them – a task they have not the slightest opportunity of achieving as groups of women outside the men, children and institutions who maintain the oppression.
Broader Problems:
PostmodernismExtremist ideologiesPolitical partisanshipConflicting roles of womenRadicalism Narrower Problems:
Female separatismFeminist backlashFeminist politicization of choice Aggravates:
Misguided androgynyDiscrimination against menPoliticization of languageIncreasing female criminalityElusiveness of male sexualityConfused identity of womanhoodVulnerability of social systemsDiscrimination against married women Reduces:
SexismPornographyGender inequalityAcquaintance rapeDiscrimination against womenDenial of right of family planningGender discrimination in developing countries Strategies:
Changing gender rolesEngaging in radical feminismModerating feminismPromoting ecofeminism References:
Sellen, Betty-Carol and Young, Patricia A: Feminists, Pornography, and the Law: an annotated bibliography of conflict, 1970-1986Soble, Alan: Pornography: marxism, feminism and the future of sexualityAlderfer, Hannah, et al: Caught Looking: feminism, pornography and censorshipGoldenberg, Naomi Ruth: End of God: important directions for a feminist critique of religion in the works of Siegmund Freud and Carl JungSpretnak, Charlene: Politics of Women Spirituality: essays of the rise of spiritualist power within the feminist movementAdam, Carol J: The Sexual Politics of Meat: a feminist-vegetarian critical theoryQuest, Caroline: Equal Opportunities : a feminist fallacyFunk, Nanette and Mueller, Magda: Gender, Politics and Post-Communism: reflections from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet UnionElam, Diane: Feminism and Deconstruction: Ms en AbymeSeager, Joni: Earth Follies: feminism, politics and the environmentWarren, Karen J: Ecological FeminismKelly, Christine M: Feminism v Mankind Subject(s):
Government → PoliticsMetapolitics → Political theories
Society → Sex-related questions
Society → Women
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST