Radical feminism

Radical feminism is a branch of feminism that views women's oppression as a fundamental element in human society and seeks to challenge that standard by broadly rejecting standard gender roles. "Radical" (from Latin r?d?x, r?d?c-, root) in radical feminism is used as an adjective meaning the root; radical feminists seek the root cause of women's oppression. The traditional Radical feminist standpoint may be expressed as viewing the division in all societies as that between men and women and stating that men are the oppressors of womenhttp://pers-www.wlv.ac.uk/~le1810/femin.htm. These concepts were first developed in the late sixties as a significant part of second-wave feminism.

References

• Mary Daly. Gyn/Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism. 1978