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Equity feminism is a form of liberal feminism that advocates the state's equal treatment of women and men without challenging inequalities perpetuated by employers, educational and religious institutions, and other elements of society.^[1]^[2] The concept has been discussed since the 1980s.^[2]^[3] Equity feminism has been defined and classified as a kind of classically liberal or libertarian feminism,^[1] in contrast with social feminism,^[4]^[5] difference feminism,^[6] gender feminism,^[7] and equality feminism.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Liberal Feminism". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2016. (revised 30 September 2013)
^ ^a ^b Black, Naomi (1989). Social feminism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801422614.
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Halfmann, Jost (1989). "Social change and political mobilization in West Germany". In Katzenstein, Peter (ed.). Industry and politics in West Germany: toward the Third Republic. Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780801495953. Quote: Equity-feminism differs from equality-feminism in the depth and scope of its strategic goals. A feminist revolution would pursue three goals, according to Herrad Schenk:
- Citing:
  - Schenk, Herrad (1980). Die feministische Herausforderung: 150 Jahre Frauenbewegung in Deutschland. München: Beck. ISBN 9783406060137. English translation: ...the abolition of the gender-specific division of work in the family, the dissolution of the psychic foundations of different gender roles, and the feminization of the societal system of norms and values.
^ Buechler, Steven M. (1 September 1990). "3: Ideologies and Visions". Women's Movements in the United States: Woman Suffrage, Equal Rights, and Beyond. Rutgers University Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780813515595. Equity feminism, whether liberal, Marxist or socialist, relies on male classifications…Social feminism, whether maternal, cultural or radical, appeals to female values
^ Black, Naomi; Brandt, Gail Cuthbert (16 April 1999). "7: Towards a New Analysis". Feminist Politics on the Farm: Rural Catholic Women in Southern Quebec and Southwestern France. McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780773518285. we found two strands, both of which we wanted to include as political: an equity feminism seeking equal rights…and women's collective action that looked more like a social feminism
^ Kramarae, Cheris; Spender, Dale, eds. (16 April 2004). "Equality". Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge. Routledge. p. 672. ISBN 9781135963156. There are two dominant strains within the equality debate: "equity feminism" and "difference feminism".
^ Kuhle, Barry X. (January 2012). "Evolutionary psychology is compatible with equity feminism, but not with gender feminism: A reply to Eagly and Wood". Evolutionary Psychology. 10 (1). SAGE: 39–43. doi:10.1177/147470491201000104. PMC 10480852. PMID 22833845.
See also Eagly, Alice H.; Wood, Wendy (May 2011). "Feminism and the evolution of sex differences and similarities". Sex Roles. 64 (9–10). Springer: 758–767. doi:10.1007/s11199-011-9949-9. S2CID 144177655.