Theories of the state: Feminist

Feminist theory is about equality for women and men. Though, all feminists struggle for gender impartiality, there are many ways to approach this theory, including liberal feminism, socialist feminism and radical feminism. Feminist theory is the expansion of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or philosophical discourse. The aim of feminist theory is to understand the nature of gender inequality. It scrutinizes women's social roles, experience, interests, chores, and feminist politics in various fields, such as anthropology and sociology, communication, psychoanalysis, home economics, literature, education, and philosophy.

Many scholars proclaimed that feminism is the faith that women should have equal rights to men. As a result, the feminist movement battles for equal rights and opportunities for women. There are several types of feminism and feminists themselves tend to disagree about the ways in which women are deprived and which action should be taken to get equal rights. For example, ‘social feminists’ believe that women are exploited by the capitalist system both at work and home.

Many intellectuals stated that feminist theory emphases on analysing gender inequality. Subjects explored in feminism include discrimination, objectification (especially sexual objectification), oppression, patriarchy, stereotyping, art history and contemporary art, and aesthetics.

Both females and males who categorize themselves as feminists disagree on many things. That being said, most feminists agree on following basic principles:

- Working to increase equality: Feminist thought links ideas to action insisting, we should push for change toward gender equality and not just talk about it.

- Expanding human choice: Feminists believe that both men and women should have the freedom to develop their human interests and talents, even if those interests and talents conflict with the status quo. For example, if a woman wants to be a mechanic, she should have the right and opportunity to do so.

- Eliminating gender stratification: Feminists oppose laws and cultural norms that limit income, educational and job opportunities for women.

- Ending sexual violence & promoting sexual freedom: Feminists feel that women should have control over their sexuality and reproduction.