Gloria Steinem And Feminism

Gloria Steinem and Germaine Greer were public person representing feminists. They were both attractive and both were basking in the media spotlight. They defined feminism as beautiful, with a voice, and were both instrumental in representing feminism to the public and media (Ulgi Tvaana,2013). Steinem had an active involvement in the Equal Rights Amendment and was the founder of many Women’s groups, she also had a past as a playboy bunny and this sparked another debate about how women’s bodies, and the way they wanted to dress became political issues, but she always present herself as a poised and articulate lady. (Gurjot Sidhu,2013)

The fact that today we as women can choose what we wear can be attributed to the second wave of feminism. Fashion and feminism are both interweaved and we as modern women have to thank the women of the 60’s for fighting for the rights of women and thereby allowing women to wear clothes they were never …show more content…
It was only in the second wave in the 1960’s when women, whose sole role in society was that of caretaker and homemaker, decided that a new and more direction and approach to breaking down the notion of these stereotypes needed addressing. (Gurjot Sidhu,2013) Women literally and figuratively started wearing the pants.
Not only did the second wave of feminism in which women were liberated from oppression occur but it was also a coincidental correlation with the economic expansion of the time. Whereby the new American economy had outpaced the available workforce. This meant that women were not only required but essential for the economic expansion. The door was now officially open for higher paying, more qualified and more profession jobs. The women had been liberated also because of economic need. The nation had no choice but to accept that women in the workplace was now a reality (Gurjot