女性主義

「Feminism is a diverse and thoughtful collection of social theories, political movements and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerned with the experiences of women. Most feminists are especially concerned with social, political and economic inequality between men and women (in the context of it being to the disadvantage of women); some have argued that gendered and sexed identities, such as "man" and "woman", are socially constructed. Feminists differ over the sources of inequality, how to attain equality, and the extent to which gender and gender-based identities should be questioned and critiqued. In simple terms, feminism is the belief in social, political and economic equality of the sexes, and the movement organised around the belief that gender should not be the pre-determinant factor shaping a person's social identity, or socio-political or economic rights.

Most modern feminist political activists commonly campaign on issues such as reproductive rights (including the right to safe, legal abortion, access to contraception and quality prenatal care), violence within a domestic partnership, maternity leave, equal pay, sexual harassment, street harassment, discrimination and rape. Many feminists today argue that feminism is a grass-roots movement that seeks to cross boundaries based on social class, race, culture and religion. They also argue that an effective feminist movement should be culturally specific and address issues relevant to the women of the society in question such as female genital cutting, or "clitorectomies", in Africa and the Middle East and the "glass ceiling" issue in developed economies. They also debate the extent to which certain issues such as rape, incest and mothering are universal. Themes explored in feminism include patriarchy, stereotyping, objectification, sexual objectification and oppression.」(From：維基百科英文版　http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism)

「女性主義是指一個主要以女性經驗為來源與動機的社會理論與政治運動。在對社會關係進行批判之外，許多女性主義的支持者也著重於性別不平等的分析以及推動婦女的權利、利益與議題。

女性主義理論的目的在於了解不平等的本質以及著重在性別政治、權力關係與性意識（sexuality）之上。女性主義政治行動則挑戰諸如生育權、墮胎權、教育權、家庭暴力、孕婦留職（maternity leave）、薪資平等、投票權、性騷擾、性別歧視與性暴力等等的議題。女性主義探究的主題則包括歧視、刻板印象、物化（尤其是關於性的物化）、身體、家務分配、壓迫與父權。

女性主義的觀念基礎是認為，現時的社會建立於一個男性被給予了比女性更多特權的父權體系之上。

現代女性主義理論主要、但並非完全地出自於西方的中產階級學術界。不過，女性主義運動是一個跨越階級與種族界線的草根運動。每個文化下面的女性主義運動各有其獨特性，並且會針對該社會的女性來提出議題，比如蘇丹的性器割除（genital mutilation，請見女性割禮）或北美的玻璃天花板效應（glass ceiling）。而如強姦、亂倫與母職則是普世性的議題。」(From：維基百科中文翻譯版　http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E5%A5%B3%E6%80%A7%E4%B8%BB%E7%BE%A9&variant=zh-tw)

女性主義理論

「女性主義的理論千頭萬緒，歸根究底就是一句話：在全人類實現男女平等。」（李銀河，民92，頁3）