The Effects Of Radical Feminism On Society

institutions controlled by the patriarch and does not focus on the individual experiences of women. Radical feminism describes the power of patriarchy as, “the power that infiltrates the people’s minds and bodies, operating through their everyday experiences and desires-,” (Chambers 2005). Radical feminism is about how the patriarchy affects society and the people within its society. This theory explains how it effects on an individual level but does not ask the experiences of the individual.

The socialist/Marxist theory of feminism is explained as the idea that, “women’s oppression [begins] in the structure of capitalism and its interrelationship with patriarchal gender relations,” (Andersen 2015). The socialist or Marxist framework gives

voice to the idea that class affects the power women hold in society. It also explains that the subordination of women by men creates gender roles that are profitable to the ruling class. The ruling class is the vastly wealthy and powerful that profit off the working class. “The sexual division of labor is the first form of class antagonism,” (Spurgas 9-22-15). The sexual division of labor and separating the sexes into separate classes keeps the working class weaker and more separated. This separation allows greater control of the classes and allows the working class to focus on antagonism between themselves instead of the ruling class. “Capitalist management of these matters (women’s issues) poses over and over discrimination of class, and discrimination of women specifically,” (James and Dalla Costa 1971).
Multi-racial/Intersectionality feminism is defined as, “-is grounded in understanding that intersections of race, class, and gender in the shaping of people’s experiences,” (Andersen 2015.) Multi-racial feminism or intersectionality gives the approach that feminism must encompass opinions from people of all different backgrounds. Multiracial feminism gives a voice to those who have historically been left out of the feminist discourse, specifically non-White non-upper