
sexualeconomist
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- Liberal Feminism
- Focuses on achieving gender equality through legal and political reforms within existing systems, emphasizing equal opportunities in education, work, and politics.
- Radical Feminism
- Views patriarchy as the root cause of women’s oppression and seeks to dismantle it entirely, often advocating revolutionary societal change.
- Marxist Feminism
- Links women’s oppression to capitalism, arguing that gender inequality stems from economic exploitation and class structures.
- Socialist Feminism
- Combines Marxist and radical feminist ideas, addressing both patriarchy and capitalism as intertwined systems of oppression.
- Cultural Feminism
- Emphasizes the value of traditionally feminine traits (e.g., nurturing, cooperation) and seeks to elevate them in society.
- Ecofeminism
- Connects the oppression of women to the exploitation of nature, advocating for environmental justice and gender equality.
- Black Feminism
- Highlights the unique struggles of Black women, addressing the intersection of racism, sexism, and classism.
- Womanism
- A term coined by Alice Walker, focusing on the experiences and resilience of Black women, often with a spiritual or communal emphasis.
- Intersectional Feminism
- Examines how overlapping identities (race, class, gender, sexuality) shape experiences of oppression and privilege.
- Postcolonial Feminism
- Critiques Western feminism’s focus on white, middle-class women and addresses the impact of colonialism on women in the Global South.
- Third World Feminism
- Focuses on the specific challenges faced by women in developing nations, often rejecting Western feminist frameworks.
- Transnational Feminism
- Advocates for global solidarity among women while respecting cultural differences and opposing imperialist tendencies.
- Chicana Feminism
- Centers on the experiences of Mexican-American women, addressing issues like immigration, labor, and cultural identity.
- Indigenous Feminism
- Focuses on the rights and sovereignty of Indigenous women, critiquing both patriarchy and colonial oppression.
- Lesbian Feminism
- Emphasizes the liberation of women through rejecting compulsory heterosexuality and building women-centered communities.
- Queer Feminism
- Integrates queer theory, challenging binary notions of gender and sexuality within feminist frameworks.
- Trans Feminism
- Advocates for transgender rights within feminism, focusing on gender identity and bodily autonomy.
- Psychoanalytic Feminism
- Explores how unconscious gender norms and patriarchal structures shape women’s psyches, often drawing on Freudian or Lacanian theory.
- Postmodern Feminism
- Rejects universal definitions of "womanhood," embracing fluidity, diversity, and deconstruction of traditional narratives.
- Cyberfeminism
- Examines the relationship between gender and technology, often celebrating digital spaces as tools for feminist resistance.
- Anarcha-Feminism
- Combines anarchist principles with feminism, opposing all forms of hierarchy, including patriarchy and the state.
- Sex-Positive Feminism
- Supports sexual freedom and agency, defending pornography, sex work, and diverse expressions of sexuality as empowering.
- Sex-Negative Feminism
- Critiques sexual objectification and pornography as inherently oppressive to women, often associated with radical feminist views.
- Difference Feminism
- Argues that men and women are fundamentally different (biologically or socially) and that these differences should be recognized, not erased.
- Separatist Feminism
- Advocates for women to separate from men and male-dominated institutions to create autonomous, women-only spaces.
- Materialist Feminism
- Focuses on the material conditions of women’s lives (e.g., labor, reproduction) and how these are shaped by social and economic systems.