Articles of category "Second-wave feminism"

Feminism, as has come to the fore through several ages, is no less than masculinity. In general, it is considered as an asset, dependant on context. It is true, that the strategies of middle class feminists led to increased education for women and second wave feminism also in part was responsible for the reconstitution of the mental/ manual divide restricting working class women to employment centered on their 'traditional' skills. To the language of feminism, no capital has a 'pure' field, since there is always the presence of a notion of resistance. Therefore, it will not be wrong to ascertain that the family is dominated by the supreme gender sufficiently to constitute its primary field. All these ideas have cropped up due to the exploitation of the women and also being subject to all inhuman brutalities of men, from time immemorial. We should remember that the family has long been studied within feminism as the primary site of gender domination and social reproduction.

I think for most people to learn what the 2nd wave feminism is, they must know what the first-wave was all about. The 1st-wave feminism refers to those women who fought for the right to vote. Suffragettes fought through the 1920's and 1930's for the right to vote. Once they were allowed to vote, they fought for equality voting. This means they wanted the right to vote just as men did.