“Masculinity cannot exist without femininity. On its own, masculinity has no meaning, because it is but one half of a set of power relations. Masculinity pertains to male dominance as femininity pertains to female subordination.” HalfFemaleRelationMalesMasculinityFemininityDominanceOne HalfSubordinationMale Dominance Author:Sheila Jeffreys
“Radical feminist theorists do not seek to make gender a bit more flexible, but to eliminate it. They are gender abolitionists, and understand gender to provide the framework and rationale for male dominance. In the radical feminist approach, masculinity is the behaviour of the male ruling class and femininity is the behaviour of the subordinate class of women. Thus gender can have no place in the egalitarian future that feminism aims to create.” BitsClassFeminismApproachAimMalesFeministGenderRadicalBehaviourMasculinityFemininityRulingFlexibleFrameworkDominanceSubordinatesRadical FeminismTheoristsRationaleAbolitionistRadical FeministMale Dominance Book:Gender Hurts: A Feminist Analysis of the Politics of Transgenderism Source: Gender Hurts: A Feminist Analysis of the Politics of Transgenderism
“Masculinity is part of a binary and requires its opposite, since, in the absence of femininity, masculinity would have no meaning.” OppositesAbsenceMasculinityFemininityBinary Author:Sheila Jeffreys
“Girls learn to love and have sexual feelings in a position of low status, and the eroticization of powerlessness is a normal part of the construction of femininity.” FeelingsGirlPositionNormalLowsConstructionFemininityPowerlessness Author:Sheila Jeffreys
