Radical feminism as a comparatively recent trend in the women’s liberation movement in Australia based on the theory that women’s oppression is the fundamental political oppression. The purpose of male chauvinism like secondarily in relationships.
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The most radical feminism Radical feminism was a comparatively new arrival in Australia and many women in the Women’s Liberation Movement were not radical feminists - they were just women liberationists. But radical feminist ideology quickly became dominant. At the same time, the movement moved away from directly political activity. The idea of self help projects - halfway houses, rape crisis centres and so on - inspired many women who wanted to get down to the nitty gritty of helping those poor women out there. With the ALP re-elected (for presumably 3 years) in May 1974, and then IWY in 1975, government grants helped realise many feminist dreams. Projects of all sorts nourished: novels, non-sexist children’s school books, historical research, women’s refuges and health centres. Nobody was too worried about theory when things seemed to be working out so well in practice. Suddenly, November 11, 1975 and the world would never look the same again. For the first time, many women’s liberationists realised that th