Over the past decade, we have witnessed the rise of a peculiar variant of feminism, particularly in the UK and the US. This variant has been unmoored from social ideals like equality, rights and justice. Neoliberal feminism recognises gender inequality (differentiating itself from post-feminism, which focuses on individual women’s “empowerment” and “choice” yet repudiates feminism) while simultaneously denying that socioeconomic and cultural structures shape our lives. This kind of feminism is seductive, easily digestible, and always subordinate to the requirements of neoliberal economics, but it is a fatally weakened feminism.
Men???s Guide to Feminism: 5 Books on Feminism Every Man Should Read
I have something to admit. For the past 3 years I have been addicted to reading everything I can about feminism and its history.…