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A bold argument that equality is a racist patriarchal ideal that perpetuates womens systemic oppression and limits the possibilities of feminismwith a plan to transform the movement

For more than a century women have fought for equality Yet time and again their battles have fallen shortEven socalled constitutionallyprotected equal rights can be withdrawn by judges and undermined by legislators Butthegreater problem is inthenotionofequalityitself

InBreaking Free culture writer Marcie Biancopersuasively argues thatthevery conceptofequalityis a fallacy an illusory goal that cannot address historic formsofdiscrimination and oppression Starting withthecampaign for womens suffrage and traveling through modern history she shows us howequalityhas been designed to keep women and disenfranchised communities chasing an unobtainable goal Conditioned for generations to want equality it has become an insidious mindset locking us into the gender binary and reductive identity politics Bianco calls upon a longoverlooked lineage to argue that only freedom can liberate feminism from these constraints and proposes three freedom practices for women to reclaim their bodily autonomy and power

What happens if we free ourselves of equality Controversial and thrilling Breaking Freeguides readers toward new hope for the future of the feminist movement