Feminism and all branches of feminism have a set of common goals. These goals include analyzing gender inequalities and the effects of other systems of oppression such as race and class. In most cases, the analysis is intersectional, recognizing how each system can be inclusive of other systems resulting in different levels of oppression. In the case of a black, lesbian woman versus a white, lesbian woman, there are different levels of oppression. Although together these two women experience gender inequalities with men and sexual inequalities with heterosexuals, they still have different experiences with racial inequalities and are thus oppressed differently. The point of feminism would be to show that as a group, whatever group or should I say group you might fall into, you either experience privilege or not, more or less. Care must be taken when using such a description of the term feminism because its many branches have many distinct characteristics. Black feminism, Western feminism, postcolonial feminism, multicultural feminism, radical feminism, and social feminism developed at different times in history and had major focuses that may or may not have served the cause or been successful in any way. Liberal and Social Feminism began to emerge around the same time in an attempt to analyze differences in the legal rights received between men and women, as well as those social differences that resulted in the roles women were taught to take. Around the late 1700s, concerns about rights such as property ownership, custody of children, the ability to sue for divorce, admission to colleges and universities, and employment opportunities that......half of paper ......the University Press, 1992 Ganci, Bell. “Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory” Feminism and 'race' Bhavani, Kum Kum, ed. Oxford University Press, 2001`Kimmel, Michael S. “From 'Conscience and Common Sense' to 'Feminism for Men'” Feminism and Men: Reconstructing Gender Relations. Schacht, Steven and Ewing, D, eds. New York University Press 1998 Messner, Michael A. “Radical Feminist and Socialist Men's Movements in the United States” Feminism and Men: Reconstructing Gender Relations. Schacht, Steven and Ewing, D, eds. New York University Press 1998Spelman, Elizabeth V. “Gender and Race: The Problem of the Ampersand in Feminist Thought” Feminism and 'Race' Bhavani, Kum Kum, ed. Oxford University Press, 2001 Wollstonecraft, Mary. “From a vindication of women's rights” Feminist theory: a reader. Guy-Sheftall, Beverly, ed. South end print, 1984