Lesbian feminism

ideology for all women, regardless of color. A womanist is committed to "the survival and wholeness of an entire people, male and female". Walker's much cited phrase, "womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender" suggests that Walker considers feminism as a component of the wider ideological umbrella of womanism. It focuses on the unique experiences, struggles, needs, and desires of not just Black women, but all women of color in addition to critically addressing the dynamics of the…

Irigaray theorizes that the body’s symbolic meaning structures subjectivity. In Irigaray’s Corporeality, the body becomes an effect and product of symbolism which creates a specific body type only appropriate for society. Therefore, language and culture produce the body. (Notes, 10/6/15). Irigaray stated that “Women’s social inferiority is reinforced and complicated by the fact that woman does not have access to language, except through recourse to ‘masculine’ systems of representation which…

Feminism is the theory that genders should be politically, economically, and socially equal to one another. Over the course of a couple decades the term Feminism has become the new “f-word” (introduction to Feminism: Opposing Viewpoints). Many are offended by the word and will not associate with it, even if that person is in support of gender equality. This is due to the overwhelming amount of stereotypes surrounding feminism. Feminists are categorized as man-hating lesbians with a desire to…

should have power similar to men. Also, I comprehend feminists with having high standards for themselves and other women. I do not know a lot about feminism, but it seems that the origin of the word was transformed from a wake-up call for women’s rights into a negatively stereotyped belief. From my perspective, it seems that…

patriarchy / patrimony is seen as "the source of tyranny, wars and diseases".Margaret Fuller, one of the first representatives of cultural feminism, defended the organic worldview in his book Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845), focusing on the intuitive, emotional and spiritual aspects of knowledge, beyond the rational and legal implications of liberal feminism. And he argued that beyond the rationality of the woman, there are intuitive sense of extreme emotions. Fuller tended to become…

They often fear that black women working for their own liberation could harm their chances of equality. In fact, “accusations that black feminism divides the black struggle are powerful deterrents to the growth of an autonomous black women’s movement,” (Page 379). In addition, the writers seem to imply that some black men would not want to lose their power over black women. Referencing the…

Truthfully, feminism is dangerous to a lot of people. It causes fright and differing opinions, but just like in any major social issue there will be those who choose to be receptive and those who choose to stay oblivious to the apparent problem. Also, movements are not meant to graciously change circumstances, they are meant to make obvious demands and entice people to congregate, to think, and reach a solution. Biology is not even a factor when it comes to genuine communication about the…

Since the first wave of feminism in America, during the late 1800s into the 1920s, the widely celebrated feminist icons Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton remained adamant about keeping black women out of the feminist movement. They felt they would be perceived as too radical if they included black women in their marches and protests, and get nothing accomplished, so they sacrificed the needs of less privileged women for their own (Boynton). The second wave of feminism, beginning in the…

not ladylike to speak loudly, to run, to shout, to play rough, and etc. When I heard the word feminism, I often thought of anger, pain, equality, women’s rights, notably the needs and wants of a woman. My definition of the word was most likely associated with my feelings towards being a woman. I wanted so badly to be a man. I avoided the conversation of one’s womanhood, I avoided anything related to feminism,…

not really fit to please the women in society. The inequity in these reasons is the reason why feminism was started by white, middle class women. The only problem with feminism is that since it was made my middle class women, it really deals with problems faced by middle class white women, therefore excluding black women and the problems they face. Lorde addresses this problem and calls it “white feminism”. Lorde said “If white American feminist theory need not deal with the differences between…