Radical feminism
The radical feminism is a flow of feminist theory.
Simone de Beauvoir described radical feminism, according to Juliet Mitchell , as a feminist theory, which takes the position that it is not the system that oppresses women, but that men are the oppressors. First and foremost, according to radical feminism, it is a question of a psychological power struggle in our society, which men win because all societies have given them priority. The author and radical feminist Anne Koedt extends the term by adding that radical feminism includes a commitment to the complete abolition of gender roles constructed by society . The position of radical feminism is based on the fact that both gender roles, both male and female, are socially learned and not biologically conditioned. According to Koedt, radical feminism assumes that these gender roles are male, political constructs that serve to maintain male supremacy and their superior status. Koedt goes on to say that a radical feminist is a person who not only restricts himself to ensuring equality in their private life, but also wants to abolish the sexist social construct of the sexes on a political level. "You are not born a woman, you become one ..."
literature
- Simone de Beauvoir: The opposite sex. Rowohlt, Hamburg 1951, DNB 450285936 .
- Jutta Menschik (ed.): Basic texts for the emancipation of women. Pahl-Rugenstein Verlag, Cologne 1976, ISBN 3-7609-0543-9 .
- Juliet Mitchell: Woman's estate. Penguin, Harmondsworth 1971, ISBN 0-14-021425-9 .