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radical feminism
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- In feminism: Dissension and debate
…approach taken by liberal feminism, radical feminism aimed to reshape society and restructure its institutions, which they saw as inherently patriarchal. Providing the core theory for modern feminism, radicals argued that women’s subservient role in society was too closely woven into the social fabric to be unraveled without a revolutionary…
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developments in philosophical feminism
- In philosophical feminism: Feminist social and political philosophy
Last, the school of radical feminism turned women’s attention to sexuality and to the disparities of power that pervade heterosexual relationships in patriarchal cultures. According to radical feminists, male heterosexuality objectifies the female body and makes the domination and degradation of women a source of erotic stimulation. Such assertions…
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