Feminism and the Disenfranchised: Listening Beyond the "Other"

In this chapter, we discuss several feminist theories as they consider the "other." Although feminist theories differ dramatically from one another, all are working to identify oppressive patterns so that they may be critiqued and changed to better the lives of women and all of the oppressed or subjugated. Feminist voices often assert that such change betters the lives of the oppressors as well.