What Is Feminism?
Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies. Some versions are critical of past and present social relations. Many focus on analyzing what they believe to be social constructions of gender and sexuality. Many focus on studying gender inequality and promoting women’s rights, interests, and issues.
on our site. We’ve studied the feminist movements of the past 200 years and realize there are many, many differences between the feminists of the 1790s, those of the 1840s and those from the 1920s on. The current “Third-Wave” feminists have done much to distance themselves from the bra-burners of the 1960s, and they are to be commended for seeing many of the problems from that time period. However, we at L.A.F. believe that anything which departs from the biblical model of womanhood (and manhood) cannot hold up over time. The current wailing of women who have put career over children and family (featured in Time magazine and on “60 Minutes” in the past couple of months) evidences the fact that feminism (either full-blown or “mild”) hasn’t satisfied the souls of the women who have followed its tenets. But this doesn’t mean that we believe feminists are wrong about everything and never contribute any good to society. All of us are sinners, yet, by God’s grace, we can have a positive impa
