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What feminism is?

                                                                                        By; Palwasha Azam

What Feminism is ?


•   Feminism is a collection of political movements, social movements and ideologies that defend the political, the economic, the personal and the social rights of women.

•   Feminist movements aim at achieving and establishing equality between women and men. 

•   Feminists act, speak, write and advocate on behalf of women's issues and rights and identify injustice to females in the social status quo.

What Feminism is Not? 


•   Feminism is not the belief that women are superior 

•   Feminism is not hating men (misandry)

•   Feminism is not male oppression

Waves of Feminism 

•   The history of the feminist movements is divided into three "waves". 

•   The first wave refers to the movement of the 19th through early 20th centuries, which dealt mainly with suffrage, working conditions and educational rights for women and girls.

•   The second wave (1960-1980) dealt with the inequality of laws, as well as cultural inequalities and the role of women in society.

•   The third wave of feminism (1990-2000) is seen as both a continuation of the second wave and a response to the perceived failures.

First Wave of Feminism 

 First-wave feminism involved a period of feminist activity during the 19th and early 20th centuries, especially in Europe and in the United States. 

•   Women’s suffrage (the right to vote) 

•   The right to education

•   Better working conditions

•   Marriage and property laws

•   Reproductive rights

Second-Wave Feminism

 Second-wave feminism is a period of feminist activity and thought that first began in the early 60s in USA and spread all over the western world and beyond.

•   Raising consciousness about sexism and patriarchy 

•   Raising consciousness about gender based violence, domestic abuse and marital rape 

•   Inequalities in the workplace

•   legalizing abortion and birth control 

•   Sexual liberation of women

Third-Wave Feminism

The third wave of feminism (1990-2000) arose partially as a response to the perceived failures of second-wave feminism 

•   Intersectionality 

•   The diversity of "women" is recognized and emphasis is placed on identity, gender, race, nation, social order and sexual preference 

•   Changes on stereotypes, media portrayals and language used to define women. 

•   Sexual identities

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