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Thanks
for your note. To learn more
about radical feminism, there
is an entire book devoted to
the topic--Daring to be
Bad. There are actually
many books that cover it, but
this one historically records
this branch of the feminist
movement. Also, there is an
entry under "radical feminism"
included in the U.S. Readers
Companion to U.S. Women's History
and here are some excerpts from
that:
"Radical
feminism confronts women's oppression
with a revolutionary analysis
(as distinquished from reform)
that goes to the root causes
of male domination, defines
men as responsible for and gaining
from women's subordination,
and focuses on sisterhood and
women's bonding. The personal
politics of radical feminism,
which emphasize sexual and reproductive
exploitation of women, focuses
on the commonality of women's
conditions across class and
race as well as cultures and
national boundaries. In the
beginning it was criticized
for making women's issues a
priority over all other issues.
Later in the movement, racism
took the form of theories that
did not effectively address
different racial conditions
of women and practices that
subordinated or excluded women
of color..."
Read more in the Readers
Companion to U.S. Women's History
(see the Feminist.com
Bookstore). This entry was
written by Kathleen Barry.
—Amy
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