Feminism a word that is so often misconstrued in today's society. While many will argue their personal definition back and forth for hours, there is one thing that all feminists agree on and that is the recognition of past social injustices for women while the male way of thinking dominated a culture socially, economically, and politically.
Women constantly disagree on what constitutes feminist oppression, the causes of feminist culture and the characteristics that both separate and equalize them with men. These aspects have been broken down in to various perspectives in which can be used for rhetorical analyzation but I have chosen to focus my efforts on just three of them: liberal feminism, cultural feminism and postmodern feminism.
Liberal Feminism
Women constantly disagree on what constitutes feminist oppression, the causes of feminist culture and the characteristics that both separate and equalize them with men. These aspects have been broken down in to various perspectives in which can be used for rhetorical analyzation but I have chosen to focus my efforts on just three of them: liberal feminism, cultural feminism and postmodern feminism.
Liberal Feminism
This perspective argues that women are entitled to the same inalienable, “natural” rights as men because they are, essentially, the same as men: reasoning, independent, autonomous human beings
Cultural Feminism
Perhaps most pertinent to cultural feminism is the belief that while women are the same as men insofar as they are moral equals deserving natural rights, they are also fundamentally different from men.
They stress differences, affirming that feminine qualities may be a source of personal strength and pride.
They stress differences, affirming that feminine qualities may be a source of personal strength and pride.
Postmodern Feminism
A general contemporary skepticism of objectivity, absolutism, universality , and precise rationality. The term "woman" is not seen as a single category because each woman is defined differently through their various classes, races, sexuality, and other aspects of individualism.