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Individualist feminism, or ifeminism, advocates the equal treatment of men and women as individuals under just law. The core principle of ifeminism is that all human beings have a moral and legal claim to their own persons and property, not to any sort of affirmative action policies or privileges.
The roots of ifeminism date back to the nineteenth century when advocates of women's rights and abolitionism such as Angelina Emily Grimke and Sarah Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady StantonElizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot In the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. at the Seneca Falls Convention, July 19-20, 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton ( November 12, 1815 October 26, 1902) was a leadin, and Susan B. AnthonySusan Brownell Anthony ( February 15, 1820 March 13, 1906) was an American civil rights leader who, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, led the effort to grant women the right to vote in the United States. She was born in Adams, Massachusetts, the daughter drew parallels between the disenfranchisement of blacks with that of women.
Ifeminists seek equal rights regardless of genderGender is the perceived masculinity or femininity of a person or characteristic. A person's aggregate gender is complex, encompassing countless characteristics of appearance, speech, movement and more. This aggregate gender is often not easily categorized under just law — not equality of socioeconomic outcomes regardless of individuals' rights. For example, ifeminists do not ask government for special treatment in order to ensure equal representation by gender in all fields of work or to overcome wage inconsistencies that result from personal choices such as working fewer hours or engaging in less hazardous duties. They simply ask that government leave all people to peacefully negotiate business arrangements for themselves to the best of their abilities. As the cost of freedom, ifeminists accept personal responsibility for their own lives.