The Women's Rights Movement: The Feminist Movement

The Women’s Rights Movement is a movement created for and by women who seek equality in their personal lives, workplaces, and in their families. This movement is also referred to as the “Feminist Movement” which consists of four different “waves.” The first one focused on women’s suffrage, the second one was during the 1960s-70s and was the most prominent one because it was when the term “feminist” was coined. The third wave was during the 90s and primarily focused on “queer theory”, the theory that says that gender and sex are two different things. The fourth wave is the most modern and uses the internet as a tool to connect with women from all around the word and to support them by raising internet campaigns. Women’s suffrage was unheard …show more content…
The prime difference between it and regular feminism is the fact that radical feminists had much more progressive in their views. These women did not keep quiet on issues that were deemed “indecent” and “dirty” for a woman to speak about. Public speakers speak openly on the importance of safe legal abortions, violence against women, sexism and even rape. Radical feminist was against the idea of the Miss America pageants as they believed they were over sexualized and demoralizing for women. Many of these feminists stopped wearing makeup, high heels and even bras because they believed t to be a way for men to take control of …show more content…
Ever since the passing of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, there has been a lot of controversy over the fact if it is being followed and maintained by employers. White women have even reported to make 79c to a man’s dollar for doing the same amount of work (“Gender Pay Gap”). Other statistics read that black women only receive 64c while Hispanic and Latina women are given only 54c, all for doing the same work. Feminists have made their cause known to the government by protesting in front of the white house and participating in marches. National Committee Pay Equity, and active activist group, has taken it upon themselves to create an awareness day to make the wage gap known to the