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Gender feminism

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Gender feminism is a term used in relation to other forms of feminism. According to Wendy McElroy and Christina Hoff Sommers, gender or political feminism is defined in opposition to individualist feminism.

The term was used especially in the early 1990s to refer to some different concepts. It has been used to distinguish perceived radical feminism in comparison to liberal feminism. It has also been used in relation to some feminists' arguments about gendering and other topics: that all cognition is gendered and that all knowledge is gendered.

A category of anti-gender feminism has also been described.

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Gender feminism Wikipedia