I began the course knowing that feminism can be for anyone and is about equality of the sexes. With the help of our many readings and discussions we have during class I have now developed a much deeper understanding of women and their history. Each week I become more informed on feminism and it’s practices. During week 6 of Women’s and Gender Studies the theme was early feminism. We discussed many early feminists, along with first and second wave feminism. Understanding the history as to why feminism was created and who was apart of the creation process helps us better understand feminism as a whole.
We began week 6 with early feminist writers. From the six writers we spoke about, we actually read stories from two of them. Christine de Pizan …show more content…
It’s focus was on women’s suffrage with the first wave of feminism in the United States. During the 19th century women were considered “dead-in-the-law”. They were a prisoner of their own home where they were bound to their husbands and had no say in sex or no control if they wished to leave their husbands. Many women say ties between women’s suffrage and slavery. They believed that slaves being liberated would not only be a great step in the U.S., but it would also allow women and slaves to walk hand in hand through the door of liberation. Eventually black men were given the right to vote, but not the women. The women were angry at this. They dubbed the 15th Amendment a “disappointment to women”. Eventually the 19th Amendment was passed which was just a step in the long road to equality between men and …show more content…
The public’s focus was turned away from women's issues at this time. (Readings). While first wave feminism had its focus on women’s suffrage and wanted legal rights that the men had already, second wave feminism was on a much more wide range of issues. This issues included workplace, reproductive rights, battered women’s shelters, etc. Amongst the many issues that were being presented, rape and domestic violence were also drawing attention. Susan Brownmiller is an activist and feminist who believe that was defined by men in order to assert their dominance over women. Brownmiller’s “Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape” is a powerful essay. “... I believe, rape has played a critical function. It is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear…” (Brownmiller 312). This second wave feminism ended in 1980, which was 50 years after it began. Ten years after the end to the second wave, third wave feminism had
We began week 6 with early feminist writers. From the six writers we spoke about, we actually read stories from two of them. Christine de Pizan …show more content…
It’s focus was on women’s suffrage with the first wave of feminism in the United States. During the 19th century women were considered “dead-in-the-law”. They were a prisoner of their own home where they were bound to their husbands and had no say in sex or no control if they wished to leave their husbands. Many women say ties between women’s suffrage and slavery. They believed that slaves being liberated would not only be a great step in the U.S., but it would also allow women and slaves to walk hand in hand through the door of liberation. Eventually black men were given the right to vote, but not the women. The women were angry at this. They dubbed the 15th Amendment a “disappointment to women”. Eventually the 19th Amendment was passed which was just a step in the long road to equality between men and …show more content…
The public’s focus was turned away from women's issues at this time. (Readings). While first wave feminism had its focus on women’s suffrage and wanted legal rights that the men had already, second wave feminism was on a much more wide range of issues. This issues included workplace, reproductive rights, battered women’s shelters, etc. Amongst the many issues that were being presented, rape and domestic violence were also drawing attention. Susan Brownmiller is an activist and feminist who believe that was defined by men in order to assert their dominance over women. Brownmiller’s “Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape” is a powerful essay. “... I believe, rape has played a critical function. It is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear…” (Brownmiller 312). This second wave feminism ended in 1980, which was 50 years after it began. Ten years after the end to the second wave, third wave feminism had