They consequently cannot fight the same battle together. In the current human panorama, class differentiates individuals more than sex. But this multiplicity of feminisms does not result from the theory itself. Feminism as a pure idea is essentially revolutionary. The ideas and attitudes of women who consider themselves both feminist and conservative thus lack internal coherence.
Conservatism works to maintain the traditional organization of society.
This organization denies women the rights that women wish to gain. Bourgeois feminists accept all the consequences of the prevailing order except those opposed to women's demands. They tactically maintain the absurd thesis that the only reform society needs is feminist reform. The protest of these feminists against the old order is too exclusive to be valid. It is true that the historical roots of feminism are found in the liberal sensibility.