| Summary: | I will locate the emergence of second wave feminist social work, exploring the context in which it developed, whilst making brief reference to its historical antecedents. I will then outline the main parameters of feminist social work as it developed in the seventies, eighties and nineties in the UK identifying its strengths and weaknesses. I will look at key themes within more general feminist writings which, in the opinion of the author, pose fundamental questions about feminist social work as it has developed. I conclude by arguing that whilst understandings of gender are essential in informing social work theory and practice, there are serious questions to be asked about the viability or desirability of feminist social work as it has been conceived hitherto.
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