Feminist movement should be of primary significance for all groups and individuals who desire an end to oppression. (bell hooks, Feminist Theory)

… one of the great values to me in reading bell hooks is that she locates feminism, feminist movement, outside the female body where it can be embraced by all sexes, all gender configurations, all sexual orientations and all races… feminine movement is a feminine ethic that embraces qualities normally considered to reside within the female body but truly available to all as my own exploration of feminine space has taught me…