Feminist thought was largely ignored in mainstream social theory until the last few decades, feminist social theory has a history as long and storied as feminist movements themselves. In fact, since feminist theory emerged from women's political movements, it's impossible to tell the history of feminist theory apart from a history of feminism.
The history of feminist politics and theory is often talked of as consisting of three "waves." First-wave feminism is generally associated with the women's suffrage movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. First-wave feminism was characterized by a focus on officially mandated inequalities between men and women, such as the legal barring of women from voting, property rights, employment, equal rights in marriage, and positions of political power and authority.
Second-wave feminism is associated with the women's liberation movements of the 1960s and 1970s. While seeing themselves as inheritors of the politics of the first wave which focused primarily on legal obstacles to women's rights, second-wave feminists began concentrating on less "official" barriers to gender equality, addressing issues like sexuality, reproductive rights, women's roles and labor in the home, and patriarchal culture.
Finally, what is called third-wave feminism is generally associated with feminist politics and movements that began in the 1980s and continue on to today. Third-wave feminism emerged out of a critique of the politics of the second wave, as many feminists felt that earlier generations had over-generalized the experiences of white, middle-class, heterosexual women and ignored (and even suppressed) the viewpoints of women of color, the poor, gay, lesbian, and transgender people, and women from the non-Western world. Third-wave feminists have critiqued essential or universal notions of womanhood, and focus on issues of racism, homophobia, and Eurocentrism as part of their feminist agenda.
Feminist theory doesn't relate to Autism. Feminist theory is philosophical thought out of the feminism movement, discussing issues of gender and social inequality. Feminism does seek to end ableism which can impact on Autistic people.
Sue-Ellen Case has written: 'The domain-matrix' -- subject(s): Performance art, Computers, Social aspects of Computers, Gays in popular culture, Lesbianism, Computer network resources, Lesbian artists in popular culture, Lesbians 'Performing Feminisms' 'Feminist and queer performance' -- subject(s): Feminist criticism, Homosexuality and theater, Feminist theater, Feminist drama, Homosexuality in the theater, History and criticism, Queer theory 'Performing Science and the Virtual' -- subject(s): History, Science, Science and the arts, Social aspects, Social aspects of Science, Social aspects of Technology, Technology, Technology and the arts
Rita Felski has written: 'Rethinking Tragedy' 'Doing time' -- subject(s): Feminist theory, Postmodernism 'Beyond feminist aesthetics' -- subject(s): Literature, Feminist literary criticism, Social change in literature, Social history in literature, Women authors, Aesthetics, Theory, History and criticism, Women and literature 'The gender of modernity' -- subject(s): Civilization, Modern, Feminist criticism, Feminist theory, Modern Civilization, Women and literature, Women in literature
Robyn Bluhm has written: 'Neurofeminism' -- subject(s): Feminist theory, Cognitive science
The book "Toward a Feminist Theory of the State" was written by Catharine A. MacKinnon and published in 1989.
Liberal Feminism and Radical Feminism are some types pf the feminist theory.
JANICE MCLAUGHLIN has written: 'FEMINIST SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY: CONTEMPORARY DEBATES AND DIALOGUES'
Terry Lovell has written: '(Mis)recognition, social inequality, and social justice' -- subject(s): Social justice, Recognition (Philosophy), Equality, Social policy, Feminist theory
discuss the impact of Dubois theoretical formulation standpoint theory on feminist an multiculturallist
Mary Joe Frug has written: 'Postmodern legal feminism' -- subject(s): Feminist criticism, Feminist theory, Legal status, laws, Postmodernism, Sex and law, Social aspects, Social aspects of Postmodernism, Women
LaurieA Finke has written: 'Feminist theory, women's writing' -- subject(s): Feminist theory, Feminism and literature
D. E. Weston has written: 'Realism, language and social theories' -- subject(s): Knowledge, Theory of, Philosophy, Political science, Science, Social sciences, Theory of Knowledge