"Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies that share a common stated aim: to define, establish, and defend equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. A feminist generally self-defines as advocating for or supporting the rights and equality of women. Feminist theory, which emerged from feminist movements, aims to understand the nature of gender inequality by examining women's social roles and lived experience; it has developed theories in a variety of disciplines in order to respond to issues such as the social construction of sex and gender. Some forms of feminism have been criticized for taking into account only white, middle-class, educated perspectives. This led to the creation of ethnically specific or multiculturalist forms of feminism."
From the WIki 'Feminism' definition
I think it is important to realise that a lot of people only take into account white women and their roles in society. There are a lot of white women who may not identify as a feminist because they are protected by their white privilege I think it distorts people's views on the female role because it doesn't show the whole picture and how men and women of colour are affected by this.
Bibliography: Kendall, F. (2002). Understanding White Privilege. [online] Available at: http://www.cpt.org/files/Undoing%20Racism%20-%20Understanding%20White%20Privilege%20-%20Kendall.pdf [Accessed 26 Jan. 2015].
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