Feminine Genius

A Literary Project

Abstract

A feminist project starts from an awareness of women’s oppression and exploitation in society, at work and within the family, and a subsequent awareness that the situation is manmade and, therefore, can be reconstructed by conscious action by women and men. The experience and understanding of women constitute the basis for identifying relevant questions on feminine identity and their roles. Historically, the feminine project took different forms: defending the dignity of womanhood by fighting for their basic social, economic, and political rights, assuming the roles of men, and attempting the reversal of the binary opposition of male and female in favour of the latter, etc.