By; Palwasha Azam
What Feminism is ?
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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.
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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?
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Feminism is not the belief that women are superior
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Feminism is not hating men (misandry)
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Feminism is not male oppression
Waves of Feminism
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The history of the feminist movements is divided into three
"waves".
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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.
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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.
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Women’s suffrage (the right to vote)
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The right to education
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Better working conditions
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Marriage and property laws
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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.
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Raising consciousness about sexism and patriarchy
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Raising consciousness about gender based violence, domestic abuse
and marital rape
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Inequalities in the workplace
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legalizing abortion and birth control
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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
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Intersectionality
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The diversity of "women" is recognized and emphasis is
placed on identity, gender, race, nation, social order and sexual
preference
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Changes on stereotypes, media portrayals and language used to
define women.
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Sexual identities
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