The personal is political ... redux. (editorial).(Editorial)
Women in Action, April, 2003 by Cabrera-Balleza, Mavic
During the second-wave of the feminist movement in the 1960s-70s, one of the prevailing philosophies that evolved was that "the personal is political"--i.e., matters that were regarded as personal had political meaning. There are two main opposing views to this. On one side are those who believe that in the lives of women, there is really just one continuum--meaning, there is no divide between personal relations and the more public world of work and politics. To this belongs Germaine Greer who once said "The personal is still political. The millennial feminist has to be aware that oppression exerts itself in and through her most intimate relationships, beginning with the most intimate, her relationship with her body." On the other are those who believe that there is a...
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