Sociology

Sociology
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Feminism is a social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women should be removed to bring about equality of both sexes in all aspects of public and private life. On the other hand, multiculturalism is either political or social policies which encourage the mingling of different ethnic or natural cultures. We would typically think that multiculturalism and feminism are two different sets of ideas, however, in the last several decades the discussion of feminism and multiculturalism has overlapped in significant ways and that connection has enabled them to achieve a common goal.
Before I compare and contrast the different types of feminism it is essential to identify the different kinds of feminism. Some of the common types of feminism include; liberal feminism, radical feminism, socialist feminism, cultural feminism and eco-feminism, however, there are other forms of feminism such as black and separatist feminism (Pilcher, 2017). It is believed that radical feminism is the foundation of different types of feminism in that it sprouted during the second wave of feminism, however, liberal feminism is the most common and widely accepted type of feminism. Therefore, the meaningful comparison and difference that exist between the types of feminism revolve around radical and liberal feminism.
The difference that exists between radical and liberal feminism is on what each type of feminism focuses on.

Moreover, radical feminism acknowledges the gap between women and men while, on the other hand, liberal feminism believes there is no difference between men and women because they were born equal. On the one hand, liberal feminism champions for equality among both genders on matters such as property ownership and voting right/political power and also focuses on liberating and integrating women in our society on an individual basis rather than the collective basis. Therefore, each woman should fight for her equal rights based on the choices and actions she takes (Pilcher, 2017). Also, liberal feminism is against that false fact where the society assumes women are incapable compared to men and she should be discriminated on the fact that she is less capable. While on the other hand, radical feminism focuses on different form, structure, and content from that of liberal feminism in that it aims at redefining the society through the destruction of patriarchy. Also, radical feminism focuses on equality in personal and family. Besides, radical feminism believes that the community is built on patriarchy which the women should destroy by creating another system which will achieve the equality that is if they want to receive equal rights (Pilcher, 2017). The comparison that prevails between radical and liberal feminism is that they all champion for equal rights among the two genders in the society.
In our textbook, multiracial feminism is referred to as “intersectional” analysis because this multiracial feminism has focused on the recognition the prevailing intersectionality of gender oppression, class and race in the society and also because it aims at representing humans in these marginal groups. Also, multiracial feminism is referred to as intersectional because a particular group of women who are anti-racist and women of color champions this type of feminism. However, this kind of feminism does not intend to promote intersectionality in the society; it is that it wants to prove that the different aspect of humanity which are gender, race, class and sexual orientation can be brought together and it will result in unity in the society. Moreover, this type of feminism champions against the social inequality and injustice that face both genders but more importantly the female sex due to the different aspect of humanity hence it ended up being referred to as an intersectional analysis. An example of intersectionality is when a black woman struggles to deal with sexism and racism aspect in her day to day life in America, and by trying to control these facets, the women stand a position to achieve equality.
As multiculturalism is founded upon the idea that we should acknowledge and respect the difference between cultures in our society, it means that national unity will be achieved in that there will not be an issue of ethnicity and marginalization in the community. Multiculturalism will promote that free mingling hence facets of gender, race, and religion will be avoided thus ending up with peaceful coexistence and national unity (Volpp, 2001). However, with strict adherence to multiculturalism in our society, we will not have a sense of national identity in most nations because cases of culture defiance or culture merging have ended up resulting in loss of identity. Although multiculturalism is a culture of its own, it will take many years to unite all the cultures that exist without losing national identity (Volpp, 2001). At the current moment, we have plenty cultures that bind each one of us to a specific set of belief and values and any means of excessively adhering to multiculturalism will cause some cultures to be merged or to be neglected to allow that peaceful coexistence but in the end, national identity will be lost. Therefore, any excessive adherence to multiculturalism will lead to loss of character in that people will be forced to act as per individual beliefs and values which might not be in their cultures hence ending up achieving that free mingling but losing their identity.
It is clear that we can emphasize the multiculturalism to achieve equality in the society, however, multiculturalism will end up ensuring free interaction in the community among different humans from a mixed race and religions, but it will lead to loss of national identity. Therefore, the future of multiculturalism will be all about addressing the past of the nation where cultural values will be highlighted.
References
Pilcher, J. (2017). Women of their time: generation, gender issues, and feminism. Routledge.
Volpp, L. (2001). Feminism versus multiculturalism. Colum. L. Rev., 101, 1181.