Feminism

Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social justice for women. A fundamental concept underlying feminism is that women are an oppressed group, a reality that feminism seeks to highlight and fight against.
Books tagged 'Feminism' deal, directly or indirectly, with feminist philosophy.

See also gender studies.
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We Should All Be Feminists
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
The Bell Jar
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The Feminine Mystique
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
The Beauty Myth

Gloria Steinem
A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
Gloria Steinem

Doris Lessing
Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: 'You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of current prejudice and the choices of this particular culture. The slightest look at history will show how impermanent these must be. You are being taught by pe ...more
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