The basic goal of feminism theory is to understand womens oppression in terms of race, gender, class and sexual preference and also how to change it. It is
true that physically women are different from men. Some people believe they are also psychologically different. It can be seen that men are more rational and
aggressive than women. Therefore, women are more capable to have domestic job. A job describes womens character such as secretary, nurse and administrator.
Meanwhile men are more capable to do a job, which is describing male characteristic. In addition, there are many different perspectives between the
feminists. As the result, there are four types of feminism presents. They are liberal feminism, radical feminism, marxist feminism and socialist feminism.
a. Liberal Feminism
The liberal emphasis on the individual stresses the importance of the individual autonomy which is protected by guaranteed rights, economic justice
and equality of opportunity. Liberal feminists are using the basic liberalism philosophy that every human being is created with the same rights and every
woman must have the same opportunity in developing their future. Basically there are no differences between men and women. Therefore, liberal feminism is trying
to put the women and men equal, corporate, independent and free to decide their own future. According to Ilyas, “changing the individual attitudes especially the
womens attitude toward men destroys the patriarchy and they must realize on it and fight for it “Ilyas 47.
As a matter of fact the claim can make men realize and make the new
community where there is a corporation between men and women based on the equality. These kinds of feminism considering inequality are the reaction of the
oppressive structures, which result in sexism and patriarchy. The fact that women are left behind are the cause of the foolish and
irrational thought because of the traditionalism. Therefore, modernization and industrialization are the best ways to increase womens status.
b. Radical Feminism
This type of feminism is growing faster in the United States since 1960s- 1970s. They consider that the main aspect of the sexual working class is the
patriarchy where women’s positions are always under the men’s in every aspect of life. Ilyas says that
The source of womens is on the biologic structure. Along of the history of women where there is no contraception yet, it is found that women are the
victims of the biologic function, such as menstruation, menopause, giving birth and taking care their children, etc. Ilyas 50.
Such conditions have made women always dependent on men. This reproduction difference creates the sexual working class. This kind of feminism is
inclined as a male hates and asks women to be independent without the presence of men in their life.
In radical feminist terms, gender oppression is the most fundamental form of oppression. Radical lesbian feminists assert that being a lesbian means to
release from male domination. They only worked in the sexual reality and less for other.
c. Marxist Feminism
