Studying the difference between sex and gender, Nivedita Menon, a feminist critic, argues: “The initial move was to use the term sex to refer to the biological differences between men and women, while gender indicated the vast range of cultural meanings linked to that fundamental difference." She further states that this type of distinction is important for feminism to emphasize because the subordination of women has been fundamentally justified on the basis of biological differences between men and women. So it is clear that the distinction between sex and gender has been further developed in feminist theory. There is also a debate whether feminism is a critical theory or practice. Roman Seldom Peter, Widow Son and Peter Brooker are of the opinion: "Indeed, some feminists have not wanted to embrace theory at all, precisely because, in academic institutions, theory is masculine." Marry Eagleton, a prominent feminist critic argues that, “A suspicion of theory…in all feminism,” due to its tendency to reinforce the hierarchical binary opposition between an “impersonal,” “disinterested,” “objective” theory ", "public", "masculine", and a "personal", "subjective" theory. ', 'private', 'feminine' experience”. In this context, feminism, as theory and practice, means contradiction, exchange, debate based on a series of creative oppositions, criticisms and counter-criticisms. It also means challenging, subverting and exploiting not only other (male) theories, but also one's own positions and agendas. John McLeed in his polemical book Beginning Post Colonialism (2007) believes that both feminism and postcolonialism share the common goal of challenging forms of oppression. . Study feminism further must be studied in three phases: 'First World' refers to...... the focus of the article ......we 'Dalit Gender Writings' as a discipline is the result. Works Cited Nivedita Menon, “Political Theory,” 71.Raman Seldon (ed.), A Render's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory, New Delhi: Pearson, 2007, 126.Mary Eagleton (ed.), Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader, Oxford: Blackwell, 1995. Raman Seldon (ed.), A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory, New Delhi: Pearson, 2007, 127. John McLeod, Beginning Postcolonialism, New Delhi: Viva, 2007, 174. Peter Barry , Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory, New Delhi, Viva, 2008, 123. Raman Seldon (ed.), A Render's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory, New Delhi: Pearson, 2007, 130. Maitraye Chaudhuri (a ed.), Feminism in India: Issues in Contemporary Indian Feminism, New Delhi: Kali for Women, 2004, 4.Maitraye Chaudhuri (ed.), 6.Maitraye Chaudhuri (ed..), 44.