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College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University

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Radical Feminism: Sisterhood And Similarity, Jill Schlick Jan 1993

Radical Feminism: Sisterhood And Similarity, Jill Schlick

Honors Theses, 1963-2015

The American radical feminist movement (1967-1975) exhibited in its theory a tension between two opposing ideas. Radical feminists believed men and women were similar and equal by nature,and they challenged social institutions which promoted differences between the sexes. They also created a movement for women only.The tension between gender similarity and sisterhood characterizes radical feminist theory and caused the end of the movement.

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