Mina Loy Feminist Analysis

At first glance of her title, Mina Loy’s “Feminist Manifesto” sounds as if it will proceed to be another radical declaration, concerning women’s objection and repulsion toward the male sex. The feminist movement was a progressively rising organization, made mostly of women, who dedicated their lives to liberate society of patriarchal supremacy. Although Loy writes a manifesto about feminism, she does not define herself as a feminist. In fact, she married and produced children of her own. So, how could Loy compose an argument for feminists, if she did not practice or exemplify feminist values, with the consideration that she was married and had her own children? The funny detail about Loy is that she liked the aim feminists targeted to shoot for in the feminist movement, but …show more content…
Loy invites women to look within themselves to find their disposition, because presently their choices demonstrate how they also oppress and take advantage of man. They are limited to “Parasitism, & Prostitution—or Negation” (154). Both parasitism and prostitution involve relying and depending on another being to thrive. Women can choose to “accept preposterously luxurious support from a man (with-out return of any sort—even offspring)—as a thank offering for her virginity” (155) which exemplifies both parasitism and prostitution, because not only are they exploiting their role as a wife, by empowering themselves from the resources they receive from their husbands, but they are also accepting money in exchange for their virginity. Loy’s third option of negation indicates doing the total opposite, and canceling out both of the first two options by reconstructing the female self into an impersonal