Christina Hoff Sommers' book defends a style of feminism which she calls "Freedom Feminism". Freedom Feminism represents the "moral, social, and legal equality of the sexes - and the freedom of women to employ their equal status to pursue happiness in their own distinctive ways. Freedom feminism is NOT at war with femininity or masculinity, it does not seek see to bring down capitalism, and it does not view men and women as warring tribes." Simply put, freedom feminism affirms for women what it affirms for everyone: dignity, fairness, and liberty. THE FREEDOM FEMINIST AGENDA The historical women's movement, at its best and most effective, was representative, broad-based, and purposive. It sought to improve society rather than fundamentally change it. It had won many famous victories and earned the gratitude and respect of posterity. Today's movement has harnessed the prestige of historic feminism, but it aims and methods are those of a narrow, intel
pragmatism | /ˈpraɡməˌtizəm/ : a philosophical approach based on the principle that the usefulness, workability, and practicality of ideas, policies, and proposals are the criteria of their merit. It stresses the priority of action over doctrine, of experience over fixed principles, and it holds that ideas borrow their meanings from their consequences and their truths from their verification.