Feminism

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Women of olden times have always been assigned to at the background by society. They took care of the house, the children and the needs of their husbands. These contributions were not given due respect and importance. Women were domesticated and never had a chance to develop any other talent.  Women did not have much say in decision-making too, either in the family or the society. Men first and women second – that has always been the mantra which societies have followed. Feminism was a social movement started in the Western world to counter all these conventions of the society and to get the women equal rights and opportunities as men. It can be defined as a philosophy which promotes equality in the social, economic and political scene for women. According to this philosophy, the contributions of women should be given due importance.  Feminists demand this world to be equal

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Three Waves of Feminism

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In nearly all aspects of life, men and women share equal rights and respect today. There was a time when women were not given basic rights, like the right to vote, right of freedom, right of contract and many more. Feminism is a movement that is revolutionary has served as a stepping stone to help women gain that freedom, respect, and rights that they were deprived of. Feminism refers to political, cultural, and economic activities or movements that are for greater rights and interests of women. Several sociological philosophies and theories of the movement focus on the importance of gender equality and address the discrimination between the two genders. Their activities have earlier campaigned and are still working for promoting women’s legal rights like voting rights, property rights, etc. along with rights associated to bodily integrity and autonomy, abortion and reproduction. It also fights for women’s working rights, equal pay

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Defending Women’s Rights

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Since the 19th century, feminists have been gaining a steady following in the U.S.  when the suffragists began working for the women’s right to vote. The feminist movement has its ups and downs in its support and political power over time, but it has been successful in defending many crucial issues for women.   Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, are female abolitionists who were barred from attending the World Anti-Slavery Convention because of their gender. Because of this, they decided to start a women’s right convention which happened in 1848. Suffragists held meetings and marches that addressed women’s right to vote, marriage laws and property rights during the rest of the 18th century until the next. The Nineteenth Amendment was not ratified until 1920, winning women to right to vote. Women with full-time jobs during the 1960’s were only making an average of 59 cents for every dollar that

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