Distinguish between liberal feminism and radical feminism.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 Frame both as responses to women’s subordination that diverge on its origin and its cure.
Route 2 Open on the decisive fault-line — legal exclusion versus patriarchy as the root of oppression.
Shared starting point — the subordination of women → Liberal feminism — site is legal inequality & institutional exclusion → equal access; Wollstonecraft, J.S. Mill, Friedan, Harriet Taylor, Okin → state as instrument; accepts the public–private distinction → Radical feminism — root is patriarchy as structural male domination → Millett, Firestone, Dworkin, MacKinnon → Carol Hanisch — “the personal is political”; rejects the public–private divide
They part on three counts — site (institutions vs patriarchal structure), scope (public sphere vs private life), and method (reform vs structural transformation).
Route 1 Liberal feminism seeks inclusion; radical feminism demands dismantling the gendered order that makes exclusion possible.
Route 2 Read together, they are complementary — reform secures access, structural critique exposes its limits.
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
Also asked on this head
Political Ideologies — 20 questions in the Vault.
- Explain how the slogan ‘the personal is political’ addresses the issue of women’s oppression and discrimination?
- Mention the difference between Italian and German brands of fascism.
- Fascism displays an ambivalent stance towards parliamentary democracy. Explain.
How this is taught
The same flow snapshot, built for every head of the syllabus, with the answer written in class.
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