Equity feminism

Equity feminism (also stylized equity-feminism) is a form of liberal feminism discussed since the 1980s, specifically a kind of classical liberal feminism and libertarian feminism. It is compatible with evolutionary psychology.

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy refers to Wendy McElroy, Joan Kennedy Taylor, Cathy Young, Rita Simon, Katie Roiphe, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Christine Stolba and Christina Hoff Sommers as equity feminists. Steven Pinker, an evolutionary psychologist, identifies himself as an equity feminist, which he defines as "a moral doctrine about equal treatment that makes no commitments regarding open empirical issues in psychology or biology".

Distinctions have been made between conservative and radical forms of equity feminism. Many young conservative women have accepted equity feminism.

There are differences between this and equality feminism or social feminism or difference feminism.

Anne-Marie Kinahan claims that most American women look to a kind of feminism whose main goal is equity; Louis Schubert et al claim "principles of equity feminism remain in the vision of the vast majority of women in the United States".

See also

• First wave feminism