Why Is Radical Feminism Is Wrong

‘Radical feminist theology is inspirational but wrong’

Some would argue that radical feminism was inspirational and it was not wrong as it was necessary in order to achieve equality for women. Harriet Taylor forcefully set out the arguments in Enfranchisement of Women for the right to vote and also for ‘equality in all rights, political, civil and social, with the male citizens of the community’. She argued that true partnership between men and women would also mean equal pay and financial independence. First wave or liberal feminists in recent years have brought about social reform such as state-funded childcare, flexible working hours, and maternity leave for women. Many would say that her forceful way, is the only way to get the discussion of equality going properly.
There needed to be a change in attitude in order to get rid of the male-dominance in the world. Someone who believed In this was Betty Friedan. She found out that women who were at home were bored and frustrated. She wrote about this in a book she made. Again, many people would say that this was necessary in order to get equality, as her forceful approach made other women realise that many women were feeling bored and frustrated and that they weren’t abnormal.

Simone de Beauvoir is someone who In the late twentieth century, was instrumental in changing the way women think about themselves as inferior to men and changed it to one of where they feel equal and just as capable as men. This is something that was very important and yet again shows that radical feminism was necessary as clearly women needed to get out of the brainwash that they were inferior and this seemed to be the only way to do it. Beauvoir said that women with this mind-set will never be able to live fully authentic, liberated and fulfilled