Feminism Taught Women That Sacrifice Is Oppression

When Liberation Becomes a Commodity: Women, the Body, and Feminism Under Contemporary Capitalism

Over the past several decades, one of the central achievements of women’s movements has been to challenge the traditional division of gender roles and to fight for women’s equal presence in social, economic, and political life. In many societies, women have entered universities and labor markets, gained a wider presence in cultural and political life, [...]

Feminism Taught Women That Sacrifice Is Oppression

This self-centered foundation can be seen in the way the movement champions certain causes. Take the pro-choice slogan : "my body, my choice." No one, not even one’s own child, comes before the mother’s choice. Feminism shifted the goal from expanding women’s opportunities to participate in society to celebrating personal autonomy and individual choice despite the consequences. Motherhood is the ultimate challenge to one’s autonomy. Pregnancy re…