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Lesbian feminism is a cultural movement and critical perspective, most influential in the 1970s and early 1980s (primarily in North America and Western Europe), that encourages women to direct their energies toward other women rather than men, and often advocates lesbianism as the logical result of feminism.〔Rich, A. (1980). ''Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence''. Signs, 5, 631–660.〕 Some key thinkers and activists are Charlotte Bunch, Rita Mae Brown, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Marilyn Frye, Mary Daly, Sheila Jeffreys and Monique Wittig (although the latter is more commonly associated with the emergence of queer theory). Lesbian feminism came together in the early 1970s out of dissatisfaction with second-wave feminism and the gay liberation movement.〔Faderman, Lillian: "Surpassing the Love of Men," p. 17. Quill/William Morrow, 1981.〕〔(Lesbianism and Feminism ). Accessed May 28th 2007.〕 In the words of lesbian feminist Sheila Jeffreys, "Lesbian feminism emerged as a result of two developments: lesbians within the WLM (Women's Liberation Movement) began to create a new, distinctively feminist lesbian politics, and lesbians in the GLF (Gay Liberation Front) left to join up with their sisters".〔Jeffreys, Sheila: "Unpacking Queer Politics," p. 19. Polity, 2003.〕 According to Judy Rebick, a leading Canadian journalist and political activist for feminism, lesbians were and always have been at the heart of the women's movement, while their issues were invisible in the same movement.〔(Research on International Activism )〕 == Key ideas == Like feminism, lesbian and gay studies, and queer theory, lesbian feminism is characterised by contestation and revision. Nevertheless, if one key theme could be isolated it would be an analysis of heterosexuality as an institution.〔Rich, Adrienne.("Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence." )〕 Lesbian feminist texts work to denaturalise heterosexuality and, based on this denaturalization, to explore heterosexuality's "roots" in institutions such as patriarchy, capitalism and colonialism. Additionally, lesbian feminism advocates lesbianism as a rational result of alienation and dissatisfaction with these institutions. Sheila Jeffreys defines lesbian feminism as having seven key themes: * An emphasis on women's love for one another * Separatist organizations * Community and ideas * Idea that lesbianism is about ''choice'' and ''resistance'' * Idea that the personal is the political * A rejection of social hierarchy * A critique of male-supremacy (which eroticises inequality)〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lesbian feminism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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