Feminism is the belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes. Although largely originating in the West, feminism is manifested worldwide and is represented by various institutions committed to activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests. Feminist theory attempts to describe women’s oppression, to explain its causes and consequences, and to prescribe strategies for women’s liberation. In “Women Do Theory”, Jane Flax suggests that theory is a systematic, analytic approach to everyday experience. Flax argues that everybody does this unconsciously and that to theorize is to bring this unconscious process to a conscious level so that it can be developed and refined. There are various theories of Feminism: liberal feminism, marxist feminism, radical feminism, socialist feminism, post modern feminism theory and so on. The central and contested issues for feminism theory and practice have always been how women are oppressed, the relation between women and the overall social formation.

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