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Individualist feminism (also known as libertarian feminism or ifeminism) is a term for feminist ideas which seek to celebrate or protect the individual woman.
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An "individualist" feminism was expressed in 19th century individualist anarchist publications such as Liberty and Lucifer the Lightbearer as well as by individualists highly critical of capitalism such as Voltairine de Cleyre and Ezra Heywood.[1] When anarchist feminism emerged at the break of 19th-20th centuries individualist flavors had the most adherents in the United States while in Europe anarcha-feminism had more emphasis on collectivism.[2]. A book which discusses the history of individualist feminism is Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered by Joan Kennedy Taylor.
A core principle of individualist feminism is that all human beings have a moral and/or legal claim to their own persons and property, not to any sort of affirmative action policies or privileges.[3] In most parts of Europe it is viewed as postmodern feminism because of its pluralistic view of female nature.citation needed While other schools often stress that women in general are living under similar circumstances, individualist feminists stress that all women are unique and have unique goals.citation needed
Some individualist feminists have applied the label gender feminism to describe feminists they see as holding that an animosity exists between genders and calling for statist measures to intervene in gender relations.[4] Thus individualist feminism is distinct from both mainstream and radical feminist movements.
