In other words, feminism describes a culture in which women, because they are women, are treated differently than men, and that, in that difference of treatment, women are at disadvantage; feminism assumes that such treatment is cultural and thus possible to change and not simply “the way the world is and must be”; feminism looks to a different culture as possible, and values moving towards that culture; and feminism consist of activism, individually and in groups, to make personal and social change towards that more desirable culture.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott spearheaded the women’s Right convention in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848. The convention brought in more than 300 people. The discussion was focused on the social, civil, and religious condition of women. Their claim was that all people are created equal and should not be denied equality of opportunity because of gender. Liberal Feminist focuses their efforts on social change through the construction of legislation and regulation of employment practices Male power and privilege is the basis of social relations. Sexism is the ultimate tool used by men to keep women oppressed.
Men control the norms of acceptable sexual behavior, refusing to reproduce is the most effective way to escape the snares and to speak out against all social structures because they are created by men. The feminist attempted to criticize the dominant order. All theory is socially constructed and rejected claim that only rational,