Fourth, they aid each woman’s individual survival and success in the world. Third, they increase that person’s capacity to think for herself, to go against norms of the culture and to imagine changes for society. Second, they help develop an individual’s imagination and ability to think. First, they are a mean of conveying ideas and information. Further than being a pleasure themselves reading and writing are also vital to change. This is now overseen because it is widely assumed, that most can read and write. Hooks cites Charlotte Bunch in “Feminism and Education” where she states that until now revolutionary movements have seen developing general literacy as one of their most important tasks. But they have not yet thoroughly explored the connection between sexist exploitation of women in the society and the degree of women’s education. In “Educating Women: A Feminist Agenda” bell hooks declares that many participants of the contemporary feminist movement are college educated. Educating Women: A Feminist Agenda – by bell hooks – Published in: Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (Boston: South End Press, 1984)
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