This is where we have to start. I think we need to look at the basic statements of feminist theories and observe how people come to endorse some statements and not others. All feminist theories start with a set of observations about women in society. These three statements represent the core of those observations. The social roles ascribed to women and men are primarily culturally determined.
Women are physically objectified and, as a consequence, routinely harassed and assaulted sexually.
Women and men are equal. Liberal feminists seek affirmation of their equality by means of modifying the existing power arrangements. Their objective is to eliminate discrimination, that is, the institutionalized forms of differential treatment. Their goal is not to change the basic structures of society. Further, they make no special claims about women as a class or about a women's culture.