Feminist process first emerged
as a set of practices in women-only groups where people began to recognize
that personal power dynamics were present even when men were absent.
Over time, these ideas spread into other movements, while feminists
borrowed ideas from other political traditions such as the popular education
movement in Latin America (see, for example how bell hooks uses Paolo
Freire in Teaching to Transgress) and the Quaker-influenced peace/non-violence
movements (especially, consensus decision-making).