The historical philosophical views of what beauty, the arts, and sensory experiences are, relate to the idea of aesthetics.
[3] In particular, feminists argue that despite seeming neutral or inclusive, the way people think about art and aesthetics is influenced by gender roles.
[4] A person's gender identity affects the ways in which they perceive art and aesthetics because of their subject position and that perception is influenced by power.
Kant and Hume both argued that there was universal good taste, which made aesthetic pleasure.
When understanding a feminist perspective, Morse discusses the ideas of “self-defined” and “self-determined” art by women artists.
[13] In addition, the idea of the creative genius itself celebrates individualism – which Battersby calls "a kind of masculine heroism" – and overlooks the work of joint collaborations.
[10] Since those craft practices occur in the home where many women continue to work, their creativity is overlooked by the perception of "art", because their domain is marginalized.
[16] The Guerrilla Girls are a contemporary an activist group that focuses on how feminism plays a role in public art.
Their relationship to feminist aesthetics is relevant because they expose gender and ethnic bias, as well as corruption in the art, film and pop culture worlds.