ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on feminist politics in the narrow sense, investigating which theoretical foundations philosophy can provide. These reflections on foundational questions will also support feminist efforts to overcome gender asymmetries in other spheres of life. The concepts of the person and the individual do not stand in opposition to each other but in close relation. The critique of essentialism is overdrawn when it insinuates that every feminist we is based on the assumption of a shared identity. A politics that aims at overcoming discrimination is well advised to use the tool of contractualism. The discussion of the objections to contract theory characteristic of feminist discourse has revealed, in an indirect manner, the potential of this theory to provide the foundations for a politics aiming at justice between the sexes. The chapter emphasizes the aspect of contract theory because it provides a sound way of reasoning for feminist politics.
