answersLogoWhite

0

Feminism

Feminism is a movement aimed at defining, establishing and defending rights for women in society. Feminists have been fighting for and defending rights and equality for women in society, employment, relationships, politics and law all over the globe for hundreds of years.

500 Questions

How did World War to contribute to the later feminist movement?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

It didn’t. Women went back to the house and raising children after the war. It will be 40 years before there is a women’s movement.

How does radical feminism lead to gender inequality?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

Radical feminism actually seeks to destroy gender inequality by dismantling oppressive institutions.

What is marxist feminist?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

Are feminists going too far?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

Given the inequalities that continue to exist between men and women, feminism in general provides an important social function in making the argument in different ways and in different contexts that women are and should be equal to men. Like for instance back in the early 1900's most men thought that women voting was some radical idea but now it's the norm.

What are the waves of feminism?

User Avatar

Asked by DjangoScottfb1485

  • First wave feminism took place in the late 1800s and early 1900s where it focused on legal issues such as the women's right to vote.
  • Second wave feminism took place between the 1960s and the 1980s and was more focused on issues like sexual harassment in the workplace and domestic abuse/marital rape.
  • Third wave feminism grew out of second wave feminism and has been active since the 1990s. Its focus is more on social issues rather than legal or economic ones.

Does Islam support feminism?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

Yes, Islamic feminism is truly feminism just as much as feminism within any other religion. Feminism is about the fight for equality for women with men, Muslims can support this as much as anyone else.

What rights did women have before feminism?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

It was suffrage because the men had more voting rights or things they could do dealing with the government or rights unlike women they didnt have equal or nearly the same rights.

Why is feminism still relevant today?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

Feminism is more important in places like Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia where women are regularly treated as second class citizens than in Western Europe or the United States where women have equal legal rights to men.

What is the the message of JFK speech?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

The message said "To put the first man on the moon by the end of the decade".

What is the theory of a feminist?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

Feminism is concerned with equality between men and women - both equal rights and real equality in practice. This last includes a huge range of issues including things like equal opportunities and freedom from domestic violence, for example. There is no one theory; instead there are many different theories. It's a vast subject, and I hope the link is useful.

Which Enlightenment thinker is considered the first feminist because she argued for the political economic and legal equality of women?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

Mary Wollstonecraft is often considered the "first feminist" because of her 1792 book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.

What are some similarities and differences between the New Right and Feminists?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

The dominant form of third wave feminism is called intersectional feminism and is based upon a form of cultural Marxism. Rather than being solely focussed on the idea of class struggle like Marxism, intersectional feminism refers to concepts such as gender struggle (where men are asserted to be a privileged oppressor class and women are asserted to be a marginalised oppressed class) or race struggle (where white people are asserted to be the privileged oppressors and non-white people are asserted to be the marginalised oppressed) with similar dynamics between heterosexual & non-heterosexual people and between cis gendered & transgendered people.

How did World War 2 contribute to the feminist movement?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

It did not, since there was no Feminist Movement in the 1940's. Only a Patriotic Movement. Actually, the ongoing feminist movement that began during WWI was greatly progressed during WWII. Most of the factories and labor jobs had to hire women (Rosie the Riveter) because the men were overseas. Daycare centers were created so that the women could work day-long jobs to support the war effort. While women already had suffrage by the start of WWII, they still had little respect from most of society, but their involvement in the factories to support the war brought them great recognition. However, once the war ended and the men returned home, the men felt threatened by their newly working, independent women, and forced them back into the stereotypical female role...hence the "Susie Homemaker" ideology of the 1950's.

Main features of feminism?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

f is ff thing that cant be solvd by th evn the bgst f for f wil alwaya f int he strict sense fo the word

What is the difference between functionalism and feminism?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

hey!

Both feminism and Functionalism operate on a macro approach i.e. they look at the big picture when investigating society.

They both come under the structuralist approach i.e. they view society as more important than the individial

They both also argue that education prepares pupils for their position in an unequal society

That's as much as i can think of for now, but if i remember anymore I'll fill it in!!

What are the reasons for the rise of feminism?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

There are several reasons that feminism became a civil rights movement within the United States. The main reason was that women in the 1960s were tired of being treated as less than men in society. Another cause was the 1963 book, 'The Feminine Mystique' by Betty Friedan, which talked about the fact that many women were unhappy being housewives and homemakers.

Which would interest readers with a feminist perspective?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

What Jim has to say about Ántonia's dancing

Who was JFK VP?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

Lyndon B. Johnson

When did Marxist feminism start?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

Living Marxism was created in 1988.

What decade did second wave feminism start in?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

It started around 1963.