bell hooks

"The Significance of Feminist Movement," written by bell hooks, was the most interesting and straightforward piece from our Feminist section. When reading the introduction to this piece, I was fascinated by bell hooks and the issues regarding her name, and her brief history. hooks, seemed to be, unlike any other writer from this section. She was almost condescending toward the early feminists. She believed that they placed too large of an emphasis on male domination, rather than the female fight for equality. hooks felt that by focusing on men and the manner in which they oppressed women, the feminists were rapidly changing the fight, to a war of the sexes. Men were not being regarded as the enemy. This was an interesting approach to writing about the feminist movement. When we think of the fight for gender equality, the women usually seem entirely brave and we typically feel, that they should only be commended for their diligent work. Though the feminists were extremely important and did many great things, they did make mistakes. hooks felt that a different approach to the feminist movement would have led to greater results, faster. Fighting society's inherent beliefs, rather than standing opposed to men, may have been a better way to approach the Feminist movement.
"The Significance of Feminist Movement," by bell hooks was a very interesting read, and was very different from the other passages that we have read in this Feminist section of our text. bell hooks was obviously, an extremely intelligent woman, who was more worried about the fight for equality, rather than making her name famous. The content of her work was most important, and hopefully, influenced many women in the continuing feminist movement.