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Liberal feminism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liberal feminism asserts the equality of men and women through political and legal reform. It is an individualistic form of feminism and theory, which focuses on women’s ability to show and maintain ...
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Feminism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A branch of feminism that argues that gender equality can he achieved without challenging men as a group or changing basic economic and political arrangements such as capitalism. - Equality is primarily a matter of gaining equal legal rights and equal access to higher level statuses.
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A page in the Encyclopedia of Marxism ... Liberal feminism tends to emphasise social policy to open up professional, better-paid and prestigious jobs to women and the elimination of laws discriminating against the political, property and social rights of women;
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The faults of liberal feminism center on its seemingly bland acceptance of American capitalism as a system structured on economic freedom which merely needs some tinkering (such as the elimination of "unfair practices" such as racism and sexism) to make it entirely workable and just.
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Radical and liberal feminism are actually the two major theories that have been picked up by different organizations and institutions for practice and are still going strong.
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