Feminist movements and ideologies
Radical feminism considers the male-controlled capitalist hierarchy, which it describes as sexist, as the defining feature of women's oppression. Radical feminists believe that women can free themselves only when they have done away with what they consider an inherently oppressive and dominating patriarchal system. Radical feminists feel that there is a male-based authority and power structure and that it is responsible for oppression and inequality, and that, as long as the system and its values are in place, society will not be able to be reformed in any significant way. Some radical feminists see no alternatives other than the total uprooting and reconstruction of society in order to achieve their goals.
Li Xiaojiang
Li Xiaojiang took up an independent feminist viewpoint based on her Marxist background that did not align with the State’s position on women’s liberation. Like many Chinese feminists, Li usually does not call herself a feminist, both because of the state, and to distance her point of view from Western feminism. She speaks out against Western feminism, which is not always relevant to Chinese women’s situations. In her opinion, the problems facing Western women and Chinese women were quite different and the solutions found by Western feminism would not work for Chinese feminism. The important goal of Western feminism was financial freedom for women. Li’s feminist theory believes that an important part of Chinese Feminism is home and family. She wants to be able to remain feminine while still being equal to men. Her vision of Feminism largely involves personal fulfilment which cannot be given to you from the outside.