Feminist theory
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"Excesses of feminist theory include calling Principia Mathematica a "rape manual" (Sandra Harding, 1986), contending that Beethoven's Ninth expresses "the throttling murderous rage of a rapist" (Susan McClary, 1987), and stating that Titian's Rape of Europa eroticizes rape (Anne W. Eaton, 2003)." --Sholem Stein |
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Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women's and men's social roles, experiences, interests, chores, and feminist politics in a variety of fields, such as anthropology and sociology, communication, media studies, psychoanalysis, home economics, literature, education, and philosophy.
Feminist theory focuses on analyzing gender inequality. Themes explored in feminism include discrimination, objectification (especially sexual objectification), oppression, patriarchy, stereotyping, art history and contemporary art, and aesthetics.
See also
- Anarcha-feminism
- Antifeminism
- Atheist feminism
- Black feminism
- Chicana feminism
- Christian feminism
- Conflict theories
- Conservative feminism
- Cultural feminism
- Difference feminism
- Equality feminism
- Feminism and modern architecture
- Fat feminism
- Feminist anthropology
- Feminist sociology
- First-wave feminism
- Fourth-wave feminism
- French feminism
- Gender equality
- Gender studies
- Global feminism
- Hip-hop feminism
- Indigenous feminism
- Individualist feminism
- Islamic feminism
- Jewish feminism
- Lesbian feminism
- Lipstick feminism
- Liberal feminism
- Material feminism
- Marxist feminism
- Networked feminism
- Neofeminism
- New feminism
- Postcolonial feminism
- Postmodern feminism
- Post-structural feminism
- Pro-feminism
- Pro-life feminism
- Radical feminism
- Rape culture
- Separatist feminism
- Second-wave feminism
- Sex-positive feminism
- Sikh feminism
- Socialist feminism
- Standpoint feminism
- State feminism
- Structuralist feminism
- Third-wave feminism
- Transfeminism
- Transnational feminism
- Women's studies