Feminism

Feminism

- “Feminism seems to be a term without any clear significance” (Hooks 239) - There is an “anything goes” type of approach when trying to reach what the definition is

    - Any type of woman who wants to be just as socially equal as men could be labeled a feminist

- Many time when we try and define feminism it is usually “liberal in origin and focus on the individual woman’s rights to freedom and self-determination” (Hooks 239) - “Struggle to end sexist oppression” (Hooks 240) - It is not supposed to just benefit a specific group, race, or class of woman - It does not privilege women over men - Feminism is more of a type of movement

    - “...as a movement to end sexist oppression directs our attention to systems of domination and the inter-relatedness of sex, race, and class oppression” (Hooks 240)

- “Feminism is DIY: a form of self-assembly” (Ahmed) - It helps you to make sense that something is wrong (Ahmed) - Way of challenging the universal (Ahmed)

- Is a lot of pieces put together (Feministskilljoy) - “Can be empowering as it is a way of reinhabiting the past” (Feministkilljoy) - Also allow for reinhabiting of your own body (Feministkilljoy)

- Hard to define just one aspect of feminism “A central problem with feminist discourse has been our inability to to either arrive at a consensus of opinion about what feminism is or accept definitions that can serve as points of unification” (Hooks 238) - A movement to make women the “social equals of men.” (Hooks 238) In addition, there are other types of equality that feminism seeks. - People often see it as a “radical political movement,” but it is not necessarily that (Hooks 238) - In the future, feminism must be “solidly based on a recognition of need to eradicate the underlying cultural basis and causes of sexism and other forms of group oppression” (Hooks 240)

bell hooks, “Feminism: a movement to end sexist oppression” "Feminist Consciousness." Feministkilljoys. N.p., 18 Oct. 2015. Web. 16 Feb. 2016.