ABSTRACT
Originating principally in the United States and Great Britain-and gradually spreading throughout much of the globe-feminism means, in its most generic sense, political, social, and economic equality of women with men. Sex role socialization means that men are brought up to be fighters and lovers and to look after the affairs of the state. Some scholars consider feminism simply as an extension of democracy. But feminism has found expression in three principal forms: liberal feminism, radical feminism, and socialist feminism. Liberal feminism is compatible with democracy. Socialist feminism finds a ready and convenient ideology in the works of Marx and Engels. Subordination of women, Marx and Engels believed, is an inescapable outcome of class society.
