Liberal Feminism

Liberal Feminism: Placed emphasis on the role of the indvidual, ideas, education, and law. Since laws and ideas can be changed, their political action took the form of lobbying to remove sex discrimination in the legal system, and education in order to bring about a more gender equal upbringing of children, and reform of the school system to teach the values of gender equity, as in female principals acting as role models for young school girls. Liberal feminists rejected the views of the radical feminists and socialist feminists in not supporting revolution against capitalism or patriarchy as systems of oppression/exploitation (indeed they are often accused of cooperating with patriarchy and capitalism, as in seeking better careers for women in the present system).