Deconstructing Woman

The philosopher David B. Allison once remarked that deconstruction “signifies a project of critical thought whose task is to locate and ‘take apart’ those concepts which serve as the axioms or rules for a period of thought.”  Feminist deconstruction, then, “deconstructs” from a feminist point of view, and undertakes to fully understand and analyze the concepts, ideas and rules regarding woman’s nature and her ultimate role in society.

Now, to be fair, this definition of feminist deconstruction is considered a “popular” one and does not, in fact, strictly adhere to the principles of literary deconstruction, as laid out by the “father” of deconstruction,  Jacques Derrida.  The primary aim of the articles at DeconstructingWoman.com is to “analyze” rather than “deconstruct” in its philosophical sense; however, the two terms are often used synonomously in popular discourse.

For an overview of what deconstruction is and is not, visit Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction