Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Chapter Summary & Analysis - Feminist Parenting, Liberating Marriage and Partnership, A Feminist Sexual Politic - An Ethics of Mutual Freedom Summary

Feminist Parenting, Liberating Marriage and Partnership, A Feminist Sexual Politic - An Ethics of Mutual Freedom Summary and Analysis

Feminist Parenting: One of the major focuses of the early feminist movement was to raise children free of sexist thinking, thus cultivating a future without sexism. The problem, however, was that the focus on instilling the proper thinking about gender was exclusively on girls. Even mothers contributed to their sons' distorted view of what defines masculinity.

Abuse of children runs the gamut from verbal to psychological and physical to sexual. The feminist movement has helped adult sexual abuse survivors face their demons. All forms of abuse will end once the patriarchal system has been abolished. One of the best examples of anti-sexism thinking provided to children through the efforts of feminism is the push for shared parental responsibilities.

The anti-feminist backlash most damaging to children is the wrong-headed conventional wisdom that it is dysfunctional for children to be raised in a single-mother head of household.