feminism

• feminism


  -a structural conflict theory

  -examines differences between genders in society

  -society organised to serve needs of men
• early / proto feminism 


  -1792

  -mary wollstonecraft

  -the vindication of the rights of women
• first wave feminism 


  -mid/late 19th century (1920s)

  -emmeline pankhurst & the suffragette movement

  -1928 : all women over 21 received same voting rights as men
• second wave feminism 


  -mid 20th century (1960s-80s)

  -equal pay / opportunities - reproductive rights

  -sex discrimination act 1975
• third wave feminism 


  -redifining femininity & feminism

  -developing intersectionality

  -empowered women with the right to choose
• fourth wave feminism 


  -2010s onward

  -social media protests

  -global feminism

  -increasing intersectionality
• feminism type & key theorist 


  -liberal = ann oakley

  -radical = germaine greer

  -marxist = michelebarrett

  -difference = judith butler
• patriarchy


  systematic domination of women by men in some/all of society's institutions