Focus on
Achieve gender equality thru gradual change rather than radical restructure of society.
Focus on active political + legal equality for women in public sphere by advocate equal rights + opportunities that men already have so women can participate equally.
Difference from radical
Highlight oppression of women in private sphere + seek to fundamentally challenge this power imbalance to overhaul patriarchal society
But liberal focus on mainly public sphere.
Liberal end goal
To remove discrimination + inequality under the law, so women participate equally in public sphere.
Once this is achieved, so is gender inequality.
Key reforms focused on
Suffrage
-voting rights needed to ensure women could influence law + politics effectively then.