True. The intersection between patriarchy and capitalism creates these expectations and equally makes them unachievable for most people.
Feminism as an ideology attempts to tackle and deconstruct both of these, freeing us from those unachievable expectations.
I’ve been getting a lot of use outta this quote today from bell hooks.
“It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at the forefront of the movement; but rather than resigning myself to this appropriation I choose to re-appropriate the term “feminism,” to focus on the fact that to be “feminist” in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression”
My mom has been very active in feminism since the late 1970/early 1980s and I recall as a kid she explained feminism as the movement to create fundamental equality for everyone as you can’t make men and women equal without making everyone equal.
True. The intersection between patriarchy and capitalism creates these expectations and equally makes them unachievable for most people.
Feminism as an ideology attempts to tackle and deconstruct both of these, freeing us from those unachievable expectations.
I’ve been getting a lot of use outta this quote today from bell hooks.
“It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at the forefront of the movement; but rather than resigning myself to this appropriation I choose to re-appropriate the term “feminism,” to focus on the fact that to be “feminist” in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression”
My mom has been very active in feminism since the late 1970/early 1980s and I recall as a kid she explained feminism as the movement to create fundamental equality for everyone as you can’t make men and women equal without making everyone equal.