The personal is political

Kavita Ramdas- "Maybe this is because feminism, unlike almost every other social movement, is not a struggle against a distinct oppressor -- It’s not the ruling class, or the occupiers, or the colonizers. It’s against a deeply held set of beliefs and assumptions that we women far too often hold ourselves. And perhaps this is the gift of feminism --that the personal is in fact the political. So that as Eleanor Roosevelt said once of  human rights, the same is true for gender equality. That it starts in small places. Close to home. On the streets yes…but also in negotiations at the kitchen table. And in relationships between lovers and parents and sisters and friends.  "

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