ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the evolution of this idea explaining in more detail the female-focus of the debate and considering the different arguments which have been put forward which support, or reject, the call for an expansion of gender-responsive justice so that it incorporates the experiences of men and boys too. One of the key early 'splits' which is pertinent to the chapter was between 'radical' and 'socialist' feminisms, which adopted different perspectives on the part which men could play in furthering the aims of the women's movement. Feminist insights and theory have generated a great deal of discussion around the nature of the male sex and of the impact of masculinist discourses and behaviours on female experience. The raising of issues connected with the personal safety of females by the women's movement in the 1970s was an important aspect of the impact of feminism.
