What is Radical feminism?
[[File:Womanpower logo.jpg|thumb|Symbol of radical feminism]] '''Radical feminism''' is a type of [[feminism]]. Radical feminists are sometimes called 'radfems'. Famous radical feminists include [[Andrea Dworkin]], [[Catharine MacKinnon]], [[Valerie Solanas]], and [[Alice Walker]]. Radical feminists say that [[society]] is a [[patriarchy]]. In patriarchy, men have more social power than women. They harm women by [[oppression|oppressing]] them. Liberal feminists want to be equal to men. Radical feminists realise that they can never gain equality without getting rid of patriarchy entirely. This is so that women will not be oppressed. This is different than [[:en:Marxist_feminism|Marxist feminists]], who think that women's oppression is caused by economic conflict, not patriarchy. Radical feminism says that [[BDSM]], and [[gender roles]] should not exist, because they are part of the patriarchy. Radical feminists do not believe in buying and selling sex acts, which is called [[prostitution]]. Radical feminists also believe in ending [[rape]] and [[domestic violence]]. ==History== In 1967 a group called [[New York Radical Women]] was started by Carol Hanisch, [[Shulamith Firestone]] and [[Robin Morgan]]. They were a group of who were unhappy with being ignored by [[civil rights]] and antiwar groups that were led by men. In September 1968 they did a [[protest]] at the [[Miss America |Miss America Pageant]] in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]], [[New Jersey]]. They put symbols of female oppression including bras, copies of ''Playboy'' magazine, and [[Girdle|girdles]] in a trash can. In 1969 New York Radical Women broke up. A new radical feminist group called Redstockings was started in 1969 by Ellen Willis and [[Shulamith Firestone]]. In the 1980s the [[Feminist Sex Wars]] happened. The Feminist Sex Wars were fights between radical feminists who said that porn, sex work, and BDSM are bad, and sex positive liberal feminists, who said that those things can be feminist. Radical feminism is associated with t