Having examined in some depth the three major frameworks of moral understanding which have been found throughout the history of modern feminism, the complex relationship between feminism and Christian ethics can perhaps be appreciated more fully. Feminists themselves have used different sets of assumptions in order to investigate the lives and the positions of women in all kinds of societies. Because these assumptions can take feminist thinkers in quite different directions, there is now a very diverse body of literature scattered throughout a range of academic disciplines, as well as in political and popular writings, which attempts to illuminate and express feminist viewpoints. Sometimes the work that has been done within one framework sits comfortably with that of another, and much collaborative work can be done to develop clearer understanding of the social and moral issues of women's lives. Perhaps one of the clearest illustrations of this comes from those feminists who identify with the social constructionist task of investigating the impact of structures upon the shaping of human consciousness, but who at the same time believe with liberals that there is an authentic nature within us, shared in common with men, which can only be fulfilled through a just social order. In other cases, the work of feminists is contradictory, seemingly running at cross-purposes in discussions of the priorities of feminism.