- "It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality."
The study of gender, power and the ways that gender influences culture, politics and social relations.
Patriarchy: Patriarchy refers to a social system where men hold more power and authority than women.
Gender roles: Gender roles refer to the expected social and cultural behaviors that a person is expected to follow based on their gender.
Intersectionality: Intersectionality refers to the ways in which different social identities, such as race, gender, and class, intersect and interact with each other to shape a person's experiences.
Power dynamics: Power dynamics refer to the ways in which power is distributed within society and how it affects people's experiences and relationships with one another.
Women's rights: Women's rights refer to the legal, social, and economic rights that women have historically been denied.
Femininity and masculinity: Femininity and masculinity refer to the gender expressions and expectations that societies prescribe to men and women.
The body: The body refers to the physical form of a person, and how it is perceived and constructed socially.
Patriarchal language: Patriarchal language refers to the ways in which language reinforces and legitimizes patriarchal power structures.
Feminist activism: Feminist activism refers to the various methods and strategies used by feminists to challenge patriarchy and promote gender equality.
Feminist literature: Feminist literature refers to literature created by and about women, which often seeks to challenge and subvert patriarchal norms and expectations.
Liberal Feminism: This feminist theory asserts that women have the equal right to achieve equal opportunities, as men do in political, economic, and social spheres.
Marxist Feminism: It emphasizes the means by which the capitalist system oppresses women, and how economic factors should be redefined to emancipate women.
Radical Feminism: It contends that the root of the oppression of women is patriarchy and male supremacy in society. Therefore, the strategy to empower women is to entirely overhaul the male-dominated framework.
Cultural Feminism: Cultural feminism posits that women possess a set of distinct cultural characteristics that should be acknowledged and valued by society. It also challenges the androcentric view of Western culture.
Eco-feminism: Eco-feminism is an intersectional feminist theory that focuses on environmental issues and how women's oppression is linked with ecological exploitation. It advocates for a society that promotes sustainable living and emancipates women.
Postmodern feminism: It critiques grand narratives, such as the notion of a single male-dominant history, and creates space for multiple voices and the formulation of hybrid and micro-narratives that are inclusive of women's lifestyles.
Black Feminism: It is concerned with the intersection of race, gender, and class, and demonstrates how women of color are doubly oppressed, oppressed by their sex and their race.
Queer feminism: Queer feminism engages in a critical analysis of the relationship between gender and sexual orientation, and it challenges the binary categorization of gender.
Third World Feminism: Third World feminism is a struggle for women's rights in developing countries, and it problematizes cultural imperialism as an obstacle to women's rights, and advocates for the recognition of women's cultural specificities.
Postcolonial feminism: Postcolonial feminism is an intersectional approach that seeks to highlight the effects of colonization on women, especially women of color. It criticizes the Western feminist framework for undermining the struggles and voices of women in the global South.
- "...in a variety of fields, such as anthropology and sociology, communication, media studies, psychoanalysis, political theory, home economics, literature, education, and philosophy."
- "Feminist theory often focuses on analyzing gender inequality."
- "Themes often explored in feminist theory include discrimination, objectification (especially sexual objectification), oppression, patriarchy, stereotyping, art history and contemporary art, and aesthetics."
- "Feminist theory often focuses on analyzing gender inequality... oppression, patriarchy..."
- "It examines women's and men's social roles... in a variety of fields, such as anthropology and sociology, communication, media studies, psychoanalysis, political theory, home economics, literature, education, and philosophy."
- "...feminist politics in a variety of fields, such as anthropology and sociology, communication, media studies, psychoanalysis, political theory, home economics, literature, education, and philosophy."
- "...stereotyping, art history and contemporary art, and aesthetics."
- "Themes often explored in feminist theory include... objectification (especially sexual objectification)..."
- "It examines women's and men's... experiences, interests, chores..."
- "It examines women's and men's... literature..."
- "Themes often explored in feminist theory include... stereotyping..."
- "It examines women's and men's social roles... communication, media studies..."
- "It examines women's and men's social roles... education..."
- "It examines women's and men's... anthropology and sociology..."
- "It examines women's and men's... psychoanalysis..."
- "It examines women's and men's... political theory..."
- "Themes often explored in feminist theory include... discrimination..."
- "It examines women's and men's... philosophy."
- "Feminist theory often focuses on analyzing... a variety of fields, such as anthropology and sociology, communication, media studies, psychoanalysis, political theory, home economics, literature, education, and philosophy."