of ideas towards the idea of accepting women’s reason as much as man giving the ultimate view of individualism and freedom without bias towards sex. Some examples of liberal feminist ideas are campaigns for equal pay, employment equity and greater female representation in politics. The second type of feminist approach that is recognized in this paper is the radical feminist approach. In radical feminist theory, the oppression of women is seen as the root of all other power inequalities in society. There are many diverse actions and views that can be considered “radical” but one there are some common threads as well that hold together the “radical view”. First all radical feminists agree that “distinction of gender, based on sex, structure virtually every aspect of our lives and are indeed are so all-pervasive that ordinarily they go quite unrecognized”. (46) The goal of radical feminists is to ensure that women are aware of these distinctions of gender exist and that they injure women in all parts of their lives. It is important for them to know that men are the oppressors and men derive their concrete benefits from their oppression of women. Because of this, radical feminists must struggle to achieve liberation. Another distinction within the radical feminist views is the fact that the radicals believe that women have a unique sexual and reproductive power. In other words “women’s ability to give birth is a unique power that leads to enforced powerlessness at the hands of men”. (47) On the other hand, radical feminists have argued that men weaken women and because the physical demand that men have towards childbirth. Men understand that pregnancy is formed ultimately by their power, and with this, the root of women’s oppression is established.One downfall of this type of thought is that with the continual growth of evolution in the economic and public sphere, i...
