Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression.
There are many different types of feminism; lesbian, socialist, Marxist, radical, eco and psychoanalytical. I feel that I tend to sway more towards the socialist side of feminism as it focuses partly on how gender roles have required women to become home makers and even in this day and age it is still socially expected for women to be the main carer for children/husbands and to cook and clean, although I understand that this isn’t always the case.
Although feminism and sexism are serious matters I find its best to take them with a pinch of salt, as either way men and women are always going to both exist on earth for as long as I’m living so by knowing that there is no way that women can dispose of men discretely (even though we have no need for them now that we have mechanical jar openers) it’s easier to just get along nicely. So I think it’s best to laugh along with them (them being men) as we (women) know that behind every man who thinks they have power is a women pulling the strings. Although is it this kind of attitude that is stopping any serious change for feminists?
A woman I find particularly influential is Nancy Friday, especially in 2 of her books, ‘Woman On Top’ and ‘Men In Love’. ‘Woman On Top’ is about the study into the changes in women's sexual fantasies over time while ‘Men In Love’ is a book about men who love women and their sex lives in an intriguing way although you would need to be open minded to read her books.
Final thought:
Q. Why do women have smaller feet than men?
A. So they can get closer to the cooker.
Research
Introducing feminism by Judy Groves
Friday, N. ‘Women on top’ and ‘Men in love’
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