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Canadian Alliance

Feminist thought and action has evolved quite dramatically over the past century. What was once a struggle to achieve equal political rights, such as voting rights for women, has become a more wide-ranging set of goals to achieve equality between men and women in all realms. Over the past four decades, feminist thought has diversified into three rather distinct groups: liberal feminism, Marxist feminism and radical feminism. Each espouses equality for women, although each sees the roots of gender inequality and the necessary remedies differently. There have been many landmark victories in the struggle of feminism, but the battle is far from over. Even in the major political parties in Canada today, roadblocks still exist. When employing a liberal feminist perspective, it is clear that many of the Canadian Alliance’s social and economic policies are contradictory to the aims of feminism. A major problem with the party’s policies is its support for the “traditional family,â...

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