Feminist Theory and the Study of Social Inequality

Abstract

The current research tries to identify the different feminist theories in relation to dealing with social inequalities experienced by women in human societies. It also tries to classify feminist theories since its beginning till now. The classification process combines both simplicity and depth. By simplicity we mean the clarity of classifying feminist theories since 1960s till now and by depth we mean presenting the important elements of these theories. The research ends with three main theoretical approaches which include: gender reform feminism, gender resistance feminism and gender rebellion feminism.