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This is a 5 page paper discussing liberal, socialist and radical forms of feminism, their ideologies and some first person discussion on strengths and weaknesses. There are several different defined types of feminism each with its own ideology. Often advocates for women’s rights may not in fact know what idea of feminism they represent, only that they are working towards women’s equal rights and representation in society. Rebecca West once said that “I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat”. In other words, whether or not feminists speak through the ideologies of liberal, socialist, radical or any of the other feminist perspectives, the important factor is that women may be allowed to speak on their own behalf and have equal representation in society; the differences in the ideologies however lay in how this equality can be accomplished.
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only that they are working towards womens equal rights and representation in society. Rebecca West once said that "I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism
is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat" (Kolmar and Bartkowski, 2000). In other words, whether or not
feminists speak through the ideologies of liberal, socialist, radical or any of the other feminist perspectives, the important factor is that women may be allowed to speak on their own
behalf and have equal representation in society; the differences in the ideologies however lay in how this equality can be accomplished. The National Organization of Women (NOW) defines "liberal feminism"
as feminism which "sees all people as equal, therefore there should be equality for all. They see sexism as dysfunctional because it deprives society of one-half of its creative work
force [and] oppression exists because of our socialization process" (NOW, 2002). Liberal feminism is considered to be the most widely known of the feminist ideologies especially in the Western world.
Women who demand equal pay for equal work represent the liberal feminist ideology. It is based on the recognition that women and men are the same and therefore should have
the same rights, opportunities and representation within society. Liberal political theory can be considered at the core of feminism as the liberal ideology "is based on certain assumptions about humans
... the most basic is the assumption that humans, whatever their other differences, share some basic qualities that make them properly bearers of rights" (Groenhout, 2002). This ideology is based
on "sameness" and "liberal feminism works within the structure of mainstream society to integrate women into that structure" (Kolmar and Bartkowski, 2000). Despite the popularity of this movement, especially within
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