Knowra Radical feminism Radical feminism Radical feminism analyzes patriarchy as a fundamental system of power shaping social institutions and intimate life. It seeks to transform or abolish the structures that sustain it.
Patriarchy : A social system in which men hold disproportionate power and authority. Radical feminism treats patriarchy as a system, not merely a collection of individual prejudices.
Second-wave feminism : A feminist movement that expanded from the 1960s through the 1980s, addressing work, family, sexuality, and law. Radical feminism developed as one influential current within this broader movement.
Consciousness-raising groups : Small feminist groups where participants shared experiences and developed collective analysis. These groups helped turn private accounts of inequality into political claims.
Liberal feminism : A feminist approach focused on achieving equality through legal rights, representation, and institutional reform. It generally seeks equal access within existing institutions, unlike radical feminism’s structural critique.
Take Back the Night : An international movement and series of events opposing sexual violence and supporting survivors. Radical feminist activism helped make public protest against sexual violence a prominent political practice.
Gender : Social meanings, roles, and expectations associated with sex categories. Radical feminists examine how gender roles organize hierarchy and constrain freedom.
New York Radical Women : A feminist group founded in New York City in 1967. Its organizing helped establish radical feminism as a visible movement in the United States.
Male gaze : A way of representing women from a presumed heterosexual male perspective that makes them objects of looking. Radical feminist cultural criticism examines how representation can reinforce male power.
Marxist feminism : A feminist approach that analyzes women’s oppression through capitalism, class relations, and social reproduction. It gives economic class a central explanatory role where radical feminism emphasizes patriarchy.
Women’s liberation movement : A movement seeking to end women’s subordination through political organizing and social change. Radical feminism supplied influential ideas and strategies to this broader movement.
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