Unlock Elite Access: Level Up Your Preparation with Exclusive Content

PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Comment in 150 words: “Personal is political”

  • UPSC 2013, 2010
  • 10 marks
  • Political Ideologies

Unlock the full answer · ₹1,770 ↓

The slogan is the signature claim of second-wave radical feminism. It is linked to Carol Hanisch's essay "The Personal Is Political", written in February 1969 as a memo to a women's caucus of the Southern Conference Educational Fund and published in Notes from the Second Year (1970). The editors, Shulamith Firestone and Anne Koedt, gave…

You are reading the opening of the model answer. The full answer is part of the PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions.

What the full answer covers

  • Origin and meaning
  • The target: the public–private divide
  • Limits
  • Conclusion
PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions

PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions

Unlock this answer and 1,393 more

  • 1,394 solved UPSC PSIR PYQs from 1991 to 2026, Paper-1 and Paper-2
  • Topic-wise across all 40 syllabus units
  • A full model answer for every question
  • Read online on lotusarise.com, plus PDF download
  • 500 days of access from the day you enrol

₹1,770₹5,00064% off

Get PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions @ ₹1,770 →

One-time payment · No subscription · Instant access · UPI, cards, RuPay

See every Political Ideologies question (44 solved) →Already enrolled? Log in