Abstract
This comparative study arouses already some stakes to this first word. How do we define feminism in a strict way that is stripped of any subjectivity? To define this controversial word appears not only useful but also a necessary starting point to this essay. According to Le Petit Robert, feminism can be defined as a "Doctrine which has the objective of the extension of rights, the role of women in society." Then, it is understood through the medical spectrum as an aspect of a male individual that presents some secondary characteristics of the female sex. While the second definition has nothing to do with the "feminism" studied as a social and identity movement, the first one is ideologically limited and hence, inadequate.
On the other hand, as feminism has got numerous definitions, it is also present in diverse theories. For instance, Simone de Beauvoir assumed, from the point of view of the existentialism, that there was not a nature of women, but that femininity was a social product:
