The Study On The Female Self-consciousness Of The British Feminist Movement In The Nineteenth Century

In the 19 th century, British in a historical turning period, The theme of this period can be summed up in one word, “Change”. Both in political, economic, cultural and ideological field are changing so much. After the England get into the patriarchy society, the female then receives the oppression by the masculine ruler’s, then the female self-consciousness is hidden in the heart of the feminine. However,Following the spreading of the Enlightenment thought, it inspired the British woman,Female self-consciousness awakening, and instructs the British woman to develop the voting right movement.The movement needs the theory to guide. The Enlightenment brings the Natural rights, the freedom, the equal thought are the “natural placenta” on awakening of the Female self-consciousness. The British females absorb the thought that male and female both have the same rational thought which the enlightenment thinkers advocated, masculine mainstream society made the low social position of the female.Therefore, In the 19 th century, The British females propose the challenge to the patriarchal society on own consciously for the first time. they request the same right and the treatment under the standard which the masculine society formulates, this is the female request on the fair. Following the female challenge, The patriarchal society gives harsh criticism. In order to resist the feminine all sorts of requests, They repeatedly stresses the difference sex on men’s and women’s, and the male all is good than female in each aspect, So female should be obedient to the male. However,Along with development of movement, the female admit the existence of the difference between the sexes, and using the thought that men’s and women’s sex difference put forward the “the essentialism” thought. The thought is the female raises based on own special characteristic, It made the female political request hide in the veil of interests. By the end of the 19 th century, New liberalism ideas began to prevail,It has provided the thought foundation to the female self-consciousness promotion.Part and the whole idea think the women are the part of the country, and play anirreplaceable role on the construction of country. The British government to adopt some means to intervene in the country’s economy, for example: Health, Education,and Poor areas. This service industry needs the female community to make Contribution to the National construction.In the development of the movement, the female self-consciousness continuously is improved and development, It experienced from the fair request, Female“essentialism”, to the equality requests in the politics. This is a tortuous process of development. It embodies the enlightenment and development of the female self-consciousness. From the request of abstract benefit, to the request of pure political equality, embodies the promotion of the feminine self-awareness. In the movement, the awakening and development of the female self-consciousness can guide the movement and the development of the movement can promote the development of the female self-consciousness. And this will be one of the factors of women obtained the right to vote.