Amazon feminism is dedicated to the image
of the female hero in fiction and in fact, as it is expressed in art and literature in the physiques and feats of female athletes,
martial artists, and other powerfully built women, and in gender-related and sexual orientations. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_feminism)
Anarcha-feminist
view patriarchy as a manifestation of hierarchy and thus as a fundamental problem of society. Anarcha-feminists believe that
the struggle against patriarchy is an integral part of class struggle and the anarchist struggle against the state. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcha-feminism)
Cultural Feminism is the theory that
there are fundamental personality differences between men and women, and that women's differences are special and should be
celebrated. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_feminism)
Domestic violence, by barest definition,
is violence within a home. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_Violence)
Ecofeminism is a biocentric environmental
movement with cultural and social concerns. The movement believes that a relationship exists between the oppression of women
and the degradation of nature. Ecofeminist theorists consider the interconnections between sexism, the domination of nature,
racism, and other social inequalities. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco-feminism)
Equity Feminism is a phrase coined by
Christina Hoff Sommers in her book Who Stole Feminism (Simon & Schuster, 1994). It's used to describe an ideology
of civil and legal equality and distinguish it from the gynocentrism that she felt was dominant in the contemporary feminist
movement, which she described as gender feminism. Christina Hoff Sommers argues, "Most American women subscribe philosophically
to the older 'First Wave' kind of feminism whose main goal is equity, especially in politics and education" (Who Stole
Feminism, p. 22). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_feminism)
Erotophobia is the fear of marriage or
romantic relationships. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotophobia)
Feminazi is an invective neologism used
predominantly in United States political rhetoric to characterize women whose ideas are believed to be vehemently misandrous;
i.e.- having an irrational and extreme hatred of men. The word is a portmanteau derived from feminist and Nazi. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminazi)
Feminist theology is a movement, generally
in the Western religious traditions (mostly Christianity and Judaism), to reconsider the traditions, practices, scriptures,
and theologies of those religions from a feminist perspective. Some of the goals of feminist theology include increasing the
role of women among the clergy and religious authorities, reinterpreting male-dominated imagery and language about God, and
studying images of women in the religion's sacred texts, if any. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_theology).
First-wave feminism was the feminist
movement in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, which primarily focused on gaining the right of women's suffrage.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-wave_feminism)
French feminism,
compared to Anglophone feminism, is distinguished by an approach which is at once more philosophical and more literary. Its
texts are effusive, metaphorical, and conceptually rich, rather than pragmatic; they are not as concerned with pragmatism,
immediate political doctrine, or a "materialism" which is not of the body. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_feminism)
Girly girl is a slang term for a girl
or woman who chooses to dress and behave in a traditionally feminine style, such as wearing pink or floral dresses, blouses
and skirts, wearing make-up, talking about relationships and other activities which are associated with the traditional gender
role of a girl. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girly_girl)
Individualist feminism is a blanket term for different forms of
individualist feminist ideas. This take on feminism is often associated with a minarchist or even anarcho-capitalist perspective.The
core principle of individualist feminism is that all human beings have a moral and / or legal claim to their own persons and
property, not to any sort of affirmative action policies or privileges. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualist_feminism)
Lesbian feminism is a feminist ideology, most popular in the 1970s
and early 1980s, that advocates lesbianism as the logical result of feminism. Although many of feminism's detractors had made
this same assertion as a way of discrediting feminism, lesbian feminists instead asserted it as a way of promoting lesbianism
and their brand of feminism. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian_feminism)
Liberal feminism is a form of feminism that argues that equality
for women can be achieved through legal means and social reform, and that men as a group need not be challenged. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_feminism)
Marxist feminism is a sub-type of feminist theory which focuses
on the dismantling of capitalism as a way to liberate women and states that capitalism, which gives rise to economic inequality,
dependence, political confusion and ultimately unhealthy social relations between men and women, is the root of women's oppression.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist_feminism)
Material feminism was a movement in the late 19th century to liberate
women by improving their material condition. This movement revolved around taking the "burden" off women in regards to housework,
cooking, and other traditional female domestic jobs. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_feminism)
Misogyny is an exaggerated aversion toward
women. Compared with anti-woman sexism or misandry (aversion toward men), misogyny is usually regarded as directed against
women by some men, though women can also harbor misogynistic views. In feminist theory, misogyny is recognized as a political
ideology similar to racism or anti-Semitism, existing to justify and reproduce the subordination of women by men. The etymology
of misogyny comes from the Greek and means to hate (misein) woman (gyne). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogyny)
Misandry, sometimes called androphobia,
is the hatred of men, for being men. While usually ascribed to women, it is also possible for males themselves to be misandrist.
Unlike misogyny (a pathological aversion towards women), misandry has been little discussed or investigated. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misandry)
Postmodern feminism is one approach to
feminist theory that argues that there is no single cause for a woman's subordination because sociological gender is itself
constructed through language. Because the meaning behind this gender is not universal, there is no single approach towards
dealing with the issue. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_feminism)
Psychoanalytic feminism is based on Freud
and his psychoanalytic theories. It maintains that gender is not biological but is based on the psycho-sexual development
of the individual. Psychoanalytical feminists believe that gender inequality comes from early childhood experiences, which
lead men to believe themselves to be masculine, and women to believe themselves feminine. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalytical_feminism)
Radical feminism is a branch of feminism
that views women's oppression as a fundamental element in human society and seeks to challenge that standard by broadly rejecting
standard gender roles. "Radical" (from Latin rādīx, rādīc-, root) in radical feminism is used as
an adjective meaning the root; radical feminists seek the root cause of women's oppression. The traditional
Radical feminist standpoint may be expressed as viewing the division in all societies as that between men and women
and stating that men are the oppressors of women. These concepts were first developed in the late sixties as a significant
part of second-wave feminism. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_feminism)
Second-wave feminism refers to a period of feminist thought that originated around the 1960s and was mainly concerned with independence and
greater political action to improve women's rights. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-wave_feminism)
Separatist feminism is a form of feminism
that does not support heterosexual relationships due to perceived (both proven and unproven) gender disparities. Separatist
feminists generally do not believe men can participate in the feminist movement, believing that even if they are well-meaning,
men will only create trouble with their masculine perspective and behavior. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separatist_feminism)
Sex-positive feminism, sometimes known
as pro-sex feminism, sex-radical feminism, sexually liberal feminism, or individualist feminism,
is a movement that was formed in the early 1980s. It formed in response to efforts by anti-pornography feminists to put pornography
at the center of a feminist explanation of women's oppression (McElroy, 1995). Sex-positive feminism centers around the idea
that sexual freedom is an essential component of women's freedom. As such, sex-positive feminists oppose legal or social efforts
to control sexual activities between consenting adults, whether these efforts are initiated by the government, other feminists,
opponents of feminism, or any other institution. They embrace sexual minority groups, endorsing the value of coalition-building
with members of groups targeted by sex-negativity. Sex-positive feminism is connected with the sex-positive movement. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex-positive_feminism)
Socialist feminism is a branch of feminism
that focuses upon both the public and private spheres of a woman's life and argues that liberation can only be achieved by
working to end both the economic and cultural sources of women's oppression. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_feminism)
Suffrage is the civil right to vote,
or the exercise of that right. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffrage)
Third-wave feminism is a feminist movement
that arguably began in the early 1990s. Unlike second-wave feminism, which largely focused on the inclusion of women in traditionally
male-dominated areas, third-wave feminism seeks to challenge and expand common definitions of gender and sexuality. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-wave_feminism).
Tomboy is a girl who behaves according to the stereotypical gender role of a
boy. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomboy)
Transfeminism is the application of transgender
discourses to feminist discourses, and of feminist beliefs to transgender discourse. It also concerns the establishment of
transfeminism within mainstream feminism, having specific content that applies to transgender and transsexual people, but
much of which is also applicable to all women. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfeminism)
Womanism is a commonly used term that
was coined to mean specifically African American Feminism, but it has developed into a more encompassing version of feminism
that crosses lines of race and class. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womanism)
Womyn is a term used by some radical
feminists in order to degender the English word women. Other spellings meant to perform the same function include "wimmin"
(plural), wom!n, and "womban" (see womb). An occasional singular form, to refer to one person, is womon. A similar
usage is "femal" instead of "female". All are pronounced the same as the conventional terms. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womyn)