Feminist Theory

There is no one feminist theory that I agreed with one hundred percent, however, there were parts of several of the theories that I agreed with. Liberal feminist theory had a few points that I agreed with strongly. The idea that women are unequal in the public sphere, the problem is rooted in legal issues and change needs to come through law making. I have experienced unequal treatment in the public sphere due to my gender. My husband and I had both told our employers about my pregnancy at the same time. While my announcement was viewed as a liability, my husband was rewarded. I also agree with the liberal feminist vision of gender and sexual equality. The vision of the Marxist feminist, increasing social consciousness to change defeatist concept of women, is appealing. The radical feminist theory of society devaluing women’s experience is a very important idea. I also agree with the idea that pornography is degrading and oppressing but I feel it is degrading and oppressing to everyone involved not just the women. However, the rest of the radical feminist theory is rather alarming and I feel is responsible for a lot of the negative connotations associated with the word feminism. I agree strongly with the multi-cultural feminist idea that of oppression being based on social construction. This idea seems to fit in nicely with the Marxist feminist theory of raising social consciousness. I feel that each of these ideas is important to feminist theory and no one feminist theory covers them all.