The article deals with the main controversy within the second-wave feminism, with the relation between the concepts of equality and difference. Concepts of equality and difference can be traced in all feminist debates and represent the main factor which divided feminists in questions whether women are equal or different regarding men and whether they differentiate among themselves. The conundrum is closely connected with the relationship between feminism as apolitical project (emancipation) and feminism as a theory (feminist theory). Through the whole period of second wave feminism we can trace changes regarding the relationship between concepts of equality and difference and regarding the relationship between political and theoretical dime...