| Liberal Feminism has been called the mainstream form | | | | under the democratic laws that influence and govern |
| of feminism out of all the sub types. | | | | women's lives. |
| It is said that liberal feminism is an individualistic form, | | | | They also bring to the forefront the issues of sexual |
| concentrating on women having the ability to maintain | | | | and domestic violence perpetrated against women. |
| their equality through being responsible for their own | | | | Other issues that the liberal feminists identify are |
| actions and choices. | | | | disability rights, ecofeminism, family, marriage equality, |
| The ideology of the liberal feminist is that women will | | | | mother's economical rights and media activism. |
| transform society, through their own personal | | | | Writers of liberal feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft and |
| interactions with the opposite sex. | | | | John Stuart Mill were publishing within the first wave |
| The liberal feminist believes "All women are capable | | | | of feminism during the nineteenth and early twentieth |
| of asserting their ability to achieve equality, therefore | | | | century. |
| it is possible for change to happen without altering | | | | The second wave of feminism during the 1960's to |
| the structure of society." | | | | 1970's produced liberal feminist writers such as Betty |
| The liberal feminist also believe that the equality of | | | | Friedan and Gloria Steinem and Rebecca Walker who |
| men and women can only be achieved by changes | | | | is one of the third wave's liberal feminist's writers. |
| being brought through political and legal reform. They | | | | Critics of liberal feminism say, "Individual assumptions |
| want the eradication of institutional bias and | | | | make it difficult to see ways in which underlying social |
| implementations of fairer laws towards women. | | | | structures and values disadvantage women." |
| Some of the main issues of liberal feminism include | | | | They state that even if a woman is no longer |
| reproductive and abortions rights, sexual harassment, | | | | dependent on an individual man, they will still be living |
| voting rights, education, affordable childcare and | | | | in a patriarchal state. Thus institutional changes alone |
| affordable health care. | | | | are insufficient to give women equality in society. |
| The United States liberal feminists campaign for the | | | | The liberal feminist has also been criticised further for |
| ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and the | | | | being based on white, middle class women's issues. It |
| Constitutional Equity Amendment. They want to | | | | was noted that they had ignored the plight of other |
| ensure that men and women are treated as equals | | | | women of different races, cultures or class. |