It is hard to talk about feminism without involving the gender concepts. Refers to Kamla Bhasin in his book Understanding Gender (2000), gender as the main issue in feminism is defined as “socio-cultural definition of man and women, the way societies distinguish men and women and assign them social roles”. It is clear that a society is the very entity which defines the characteristics of men and women. Unfortunately, within a patriarchal society women are given minor roles and also less important characteristic. Major roles take place on the side of men who pervade many fields including politics, economics, social life and so forth. Women are put aside, segregated, and strict at the small locus of domestic world while men are dominating the public. As an expression of struggle, feminism comes up with the idea of liberating women and gives them their full rights as human being.
The essence of feminism is simply to grab back women’s rights and insist on redefining gender characteristic. The barrier which imposed upon women to enhance their selves and the segregation set off by domestic-public dichotomy is asked to be deconstructed. Carol Hanisch words of “personal is political” described perfectly women resistance to being caged in domestic locus. Equality may be the condition which is desired the most by feminism. As a response to its demand, the patriarchal societies are getting used to admit the new alteration. Due to the wave of world transformation is unavoidable; feminism of no wonder has taken place on the avant-garde position as an agent of transformation in women’s role.
:::Soedra
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