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Religio-Philosophical Roots of Feminist Discontent

York University, North York, Canada

This paper is an attempt to comprehend the reasons for the emergence of feminist discon tent in contemporary societies. With the help of comparative philosophy and religion, the paper critically examines the concepts of equality and freedom, the position of the individual in cross cultural thought, and the status of the mother in kinship and non- kinship based societies. The paper concludes that feminist discontent is more likely to emerge in those societies where rational and determinate definitions of equality and freedom are emphasized; the isolated, independent, autonomous individual becomes the basic unit of society and maternal/nurturer role of women is given minimal recognition.

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