Talk:Liberal feminism

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"Because of this approach to self-ownership, liberal feminists also tend to support legalising or decriminalizing cannabis and lap dancing, a position often challenged by radical feminists and by the religious right. Liberal feminists tend to view the criminalization of prostitution to be a legislative act rooted in patriarchal control over the personal and business affairs of women, and thus repressive."

This sounds a bit more like libertarian feminism than liberal feminism. I'd be inclined to remove this unless somebody can come up with a citation for it. Part of the problem is that "liberal feminism" a political position very few people actually consciously subscribe to. Betty Friedan was its clearest exponent. Gloria Steinem is the best known "liberal feminist", but if you look at her writing, her ideas are more "radical feminism lite" than anything. Peter G Werner 22:34, 4 July 2006 (UTC)