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A. Introduction
B. Meaning of feminism
C. Objectives of feminism
D. Types of feminism
( Liberal feminism , Social feminism , Cultural
feminism , Radical feminism )
E. Special focus On radical
and social feminism
F. History of feminism
--First wave of feminism
-- Second wave of feminism
--Third wave of feminism
-- Fourth wave of feminism
G. Conclusion
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A.
Introduction
The term feminism was popularly used
during the periods of 1848 - 1920 in the
Western world specially in America , Feminism is an ideology or concept , it
believes that women should be allowed the same rights , powers and opportunities
as men.
Here we will discuss the true and broad
meaning of feminism , objectives of feminism , types of feminism , history of
feminism ,advantages of feminism etc etc.
B. Meaning of feminism , Patriarchy , Matriarchy.
The general meaning of Feminism is an
ideology or concept , it believes that women should be allowed the same rights
, powers and opportunities as men.
Or
Feminism is a range of
social movements, political movements, and ideologies that aims to define and
establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes.
Feminism incorporates the position that societies prioritize the male point of view, and that women are treated unimportant within the societies
.
Feminism efforts to change
that includes fighting against gender stereotypes and establishing educational,
professional, and interpersonal opportunities and outcomes for women that are
equal to those for men.
C. Objectives of feminism
Feminist theory aims to --
--understand
gender inequality and focuses on gender politics,
--sharing
of power relations and sexuality.
--
focuses on the promotion of women's rights and interests.
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D. Types of feminism
There are various forms of feminism
but we will discuss the popular four types of feminism here ......
--Liberal feminism
--Social feminism
--Cultural
feminism
--Radical feminism.
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--Liberal feminism --
The term Liberalism is a political and moral
philosophy based on liberty and Open
minded , equality before the law.
So ,
Liberal feminism, also called mainstream feminism, its focus on achieving gender equality through
political and legal reforms.
Its mainly focuses on the individual rights and reforms
for women.
--Social feminism—
Social feminism mainly focuses on
the economic and advocates for social
rights and special accommodations for women.
Its mainly focuses on the social rights and reforms for
women.
--Cultural feminism—
Cultural feminism mainly believes
in encouraging the feminine
behaviour rather than masculine
behaviour.
--Radical feminism—
Radical feminism is the extreme/harsh
version of the liberal feminism , this theory discourage the Patriarchy system.
This theory encourages the
matriarchy system.
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E. Special focus On radical and social
feminism
--Social feminism—
Social feminism mainly focuses on the economics and advocates for social rights and special accommodations for
women.
Its mainly focuses on the social rights and reforms for
women.
Before proceeding to social feminism we will first understand the concept of socialism vs capitalism ...
--Social Feminism follows
the principle of socialism and socialist framework, Socialist feminism criticises the principle of capitalism
and this socialist feminism also believes the root cause of women discrimination
and oppression exists because of capitalism.
--Socialist feminism
believes that the job of women under capitalism is to maintain and reproduce a healthy
workforce/labour because capitalism only focuses on the profit making.
-- Socialist feminism compares capitalism with the
patriarchal system, As we know in patriarchal system the dominating character
of the family/ society is male member and the women is treated as worker ,
similarly Socialist feminism compares
capitalism with the patriarchal system .
--The
ultimate goal of socialist
feminism is to demand the equal
social – economic rights /reforms
similar to that
of
men.
--Radical feminism—
Radical feminism is the extreme/harsh
version of the liberal/social feminism , this theory completely discourage the
Patriarchy system.
This theory encourages the
matriarchy system.
-- Till 1960s there was no concept of radical feminism ,
after 1960s some separate groups of social & liberal feminism in USA
demanded the matriarchal system , because they believed that the ideology of liberal feminism and
social feminism and other forms of feminism are constructed by Patriarchy system. THEY demanded the
separate matriarchal system.
-- Radical feminist believes that The ideology of
matriarchal system must be originated from the discriminated/oppressed women
class.
-- Radical feminism mainly
believes in superiority of women’s
qualities over men’s qualities. Radical feminism is the extreme/harsh version
of the liberal/social feminism
--Some famous movement like
"miss America beauty" contest protest and "freedom trash
CAN" protest were organised at that period.
--Radical feminism believed
that the ''beauty contest , lipstick , High Heels sandals , fashion designing
dresses encourages the objectification
of women , we must eliminate this type of ''contest'' and ''beautification'' .
The concept of sisterhood unity towards every woman irrespective of the upper class -lower class or middle class.
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F. History of feminism
Women from beginning of the
human Civilization have facing the discrimination and oppression and treated as a second class gender , this
leads to develops movements of ideology known
as feminism .
After the 19th Century where the globalisation was
and new modern era starts emerging , the feminism movement also emerged at that
time
Here we will discuss the three important feminism movement.
--First wave of
feminism 1848 - 1920—
It focused on legal issues,
primarily on securing women's right to vote.
Mary Wolstonecraft Published a book named "vindication of the rights of the
women" , this book describes the
poor condition of the women facing discrimination , oppression, gender
bias, inequality etc etc.
Mary Wolstonecraft’s book and
ideology boosted the movement , After
this incident the women demanded the equality ,justice and legal rights and
conduct a mass movement . As a result “Seneca falls convention 1848 USA “ Treaty
was signed , and the women were given
the legal rights to vote and participate
in politics.
--Limitation of first wave of
feminism
--Not able to open the public space for equal competition
equal educational and economic opportunity .
-- The mind set attitude of society was still revolving around the extreme
radical patriarchy.
--Second
wave of feminism 1968 - 1980—
First of all we will learn
,What was the purpose of launching the second wave of feminism ?
Before
1968 there was the concept of liberal/socialist
feminism only , the successful conduct of first wave of feminism gives the ‘’rights
to participate in politics and rights to vote’’ , but the internal mind set
attitude of the society are still revolving around the patriarchal system ,
Women were still not feeling safe and Secure
in the society , this leads to create the concept of radical feminism and second
wave of feminism.
More about radical feminism please see above.
The main objectives of
second wave of feminism is to open the public space for equal competition equal
educational and economic opportunity , they want complete independence , they
want matriarchy system rather patriarchy .
For the successful
conduction of second wave of feminism they have created national level organisation
named "National Organisation for Women" (NOW) under the guidance of
Betty Friedan in USA .
The second wave of feminism
was partially successful, some of the demands gets fulfill and some are still under process.
--Limitation of
second wave of feminism
--- The 2nd movement was completely
revolving around upper class and Middle Class white women only .
---The concept of sisterhood Unity was not
completely followed by upper class , middle class , lower class dalit women , black women , brown women etc
etc.
--Third
wave of feminism 1990—2005--
First of all we will
learn ,What was the purpose of launching the third wave of feminism ?
We known that the 2nd movement
was completely revolving around upper class and Middle Class white women only .
The concept of sisterhood Unity was not
completely followed by upper class , middle class , lower class dalit women ,
black women , brown women etc etc .
This condition creates a
demand to launch the third wave of
feminism where all the non-white of women ( black and brown and dalit ) were
given the platform to raise their voices
their demands their rights etc etc.
Third wave feminism expand
the definition of discrimination and oppression , its includes discrimination
against gender, race , culture , religion , caste, ethnicity , skin colour , income
working class , body structure , also rise of transgender LGBT movement etc
etc.
The outcomes of the third
wave of feminism is that new rules have been introduced , strict policy has
been introduced , legal rights for LGBT introduced , pay scale equal to level
of man introduced etc etc
--Fourth
wave of feminism 2012—present--
Fourth-wave feminism is a
feminist movement that began around 2012 and is characterized by a focus on the
empowerment of women , the use of internet tools , mass media , tv , newspaper
.
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G. Conclusion—
At last it can be concluded
that the concept of feminism is a
successful revolution and movement , the present situation of women is far
better than the previous .
We
the human beings are are equal in nature we are social animal we must respect
every gender , the future of the world is going
written by both men and women , we must live in peace and harmony with
each other.
Meaning of feminism , Objectives of feminism ,Types of feminism ( Liberal feminism ,Social feminism , Cultural feminism, Radical feminism ) , Special focus On radical and social feminism , History of feminism ( First - second - third - fourth wave of feminism
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