Analysis Of The Liberating Marriage And Partnership By Bell Hooks

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The Liberating Marriage and Partnership chapter (Feminism is for everybody) by Bell Hooks we are given an introduction into the feminist movement with regards to marriage and partnership. Hooks brings her view on the role of feminism and marriage into light as she walks us through the early feminist movement and the impact it had on marriages and partnerships. She argues that man’s view on women must change in order for the patriarchal view on marriage to reform.

First of all, one of the most important ideas in the feminist movement was the one based around the idea that women should be free to do what they choose with their bodies. “Contemporary feminists, both those heterosexual women who had come from long-time marriages and lesbian allies

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