Alison Jaggar Feminism

In the world today, feminism is a big part of society. There are many strong supporters of feminism all over the world that want a better life for women. While feminism is great and empowers women all over the place, unfortunately, many of the core beliefs do not agree with the fundamentals that God set out for his people. All four main kinds of feminism, liberal, radical, Marxist, and socialist feminism have some belief that goes against what God says in his Word. Many of the beliefs and some of the history of the feminist movement disagree with what the Bible says. Feminism refers to a variety of movements, beliefs, and ideas for action. This is the belief that women are equal to men in every aspect and should not be held back …show more content…
In 1983, Alison Jaggar published Feminist Politics and Human Nature, in which she described the core four types of feminism. This book helped contribute to the feminist theory and understanding of the subject. She defined each type in depth and explained the theory and work each type takes. For liberal feminism, she told of its history and how it came to be in the world today. Many liberal supporters including, the original women's suffrage supporters all the way to the feminists of the 1960s and 1970s in National organizations had a common goal. They wanted Equal Rights Amendment signed and passed by Congress, and they got their wish in 1970. One key statement that was included in the Equal Rights Amendment is, "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." (ERA, Sec. 1). While it may seem like the women supporting the amendment disregarded the fact that there are different biological structures, in reality, they were completely aware, but strongly believed that one simple fact shouldn't let one gender have greater power over the other. They simply wanted equality in the workplace, in education, and in political …show more content…
The first critique and the largest is the fact that women are demanding equal rights and power, but tend to look for and are interested in a powerful man. The next critique is the way that liberal feminists tend to lack class and race analysis while standing up for their rights. One last critique that the critics have for liberal feminists, is the fact that women are, to put it plainly, completely different than men. Their genetic makeup is different, their brains are different, and their bodies are different. While that doesn't stop any liberalists, they don't seem to acknowledge it as often as needed. Looking at liberal feminists and comparing their beliefs to God's, it looks like they are far from the truths of the Scripture. While there is nothing wrong with them standing up for their rights, the Bible clearly states that men are leaders, not equal in every way with women. God even created a man first, the woman was created just to be a helpmeet for him. "The man said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man.'" As it looks, liberal feminists are quite far from the truths of the Bible. Let's see what radical feminists believe,

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