Feminist movement

Higginbotham correctly identifies two major fallacies of the traditional feminist historical lens that prevents it from being accessible to women of color. Her first issue is of the overwhelming omission of black female perspectives in mainstream historical analyses of gender which create an incomplete picture of gender oppression. Her indict of the new wave of feminist theories center around the problem of theorists “find[ing] little to say race.” Higginbotham’s extrapolations indicate that the…

it can be interpreted has been an essential target of debate. Right before the emergence of third wave feminism, second wave feminism spearheaded a radical liberation movement in the 1970s. Well-known authors like Betty Friedan played a key role…

The Politics of Black Feminist Thought For this week, we read Combahee River Collective, “A Black Feminist Statement,” “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color,” by Kimberle Crenshaw and the book Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics by Joy James. Our discussion focuses on feminist thought and intersectionality. The Combahee River Collective’s aim was to combat the oppressions experienced by all women of color and to…

The two waves of U.S. feminism were made in time of social change, in which numerous women began scrutinizing their social and political standards. The first wave of the feminist movement lasted from the late 19th century until 1920 when the fundamental goal was equal rights and the right to vote. The second wave of feminism focused more on female sexuality, the family, contesting the social and economic role of women, and many groups meant to empower women to embrace their identities and fight…

informing you about womanist and feminist theologies, specifically in the United States and sharing how it is different.…

Feminism and Profeminism Although many young women today appreciate the positive impacts of the feminist movement, they are still reluctant to embrace the title of a feminist. This fear of feminism is not simply being scared of being a feminist, but rather having a fear of a combination of things that our society associates with the word feminist. Often, when a young woman is afraid of being called a feminist, they are actually afraid of political consequences that accompany the label. This is…

misunderstood social justice movements in modernity. There are a number of people, contemporary and otherwise, who refuse to even call themselves feminists due to the negative connotation the word has acquired – images of bras being burned, discussions of mandatory castration, militant pursuit of misogynist men in both the public and personal sphere – all of these things contribute to a very dark, almost violent image of feminist spaces. And while these people are a part of the movement, they do…

Feminism is a philosophy and movement advocating for equality between men and women on the grounds of social, political and, economic rights. For hundreds of years, women have been held back from opportunities because of their gender. Feminist activists have and to this day, are still fighting for women to have equal opportunities as men through social and political theories by protesting and campaigning. In Karen Offen’s book titled, Defining Feminism: A Comparative Historical Approach, she…

economical, and social equality of the sexes." So before you decided to be against a movement that fights for equality of rights between men and women, l advise you to learn the true definition of feminism and not the misconstrued beliefs about feminism. Feminism is NOT Anti-Male: The literal definition of feminism is equality of the sexes. Thus, for feminists to be anti-male, they technically wouldn't even be feminists. We don't believe we're better than men or that we deserve more rights…

Feminist ethics is attempt to revise or reconstruct traditional ethics so that it values women’s moral experiences, which discount the experiences and views of women in a way that invalidate these models. The female experiences is distinct and has a common thread with over half of the world’s population, making this field of ethics highly applicable. These subjects have been formally regarded as trivial subjects by traditional ethics, thereby implying that women are not as morally profound as…