“There should be no necessary contradiction between recognizing the harms women suffer from male dominance as well as their courage and resourcefulness in dealing with them. Otherwise feminist critique might have to be abandoned altogether on the grounds that it is insulting to women.” Radical FeminismMale Dominance Book:The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade Source: The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade
“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
“The bonding of women that is woman-loving, or Gyn/affection, is very different from male bonding. Male bonding has been the glue of male dominance. It has been based upon recognition of the difference men see between themselves and women, and is a form of the behaviour, masculinity, that creates and maintains male power… Male comradeship/bonding depends upon energy drained from women.” MenHas BeensDifferentFormEnergyDifferencesDependsMalesAffectionRecognitionBehaviourMasculinityDominanceGlueBondingDrainedComradeshipMale 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
