feminism
Equality advocacy movement
Feminism is the belief that women should have equal rights, opportunities, and treatment as men, and the movements organized around that belief.
The term covers a wide range of positions—from basic legal equality to radical critiques of patriarchy and gender itself.
She identified as a feminist from a young age.
Someone may reject the label while supporting feminist goals, or claim it while disagreeing with other feminists on nearly everything.
Power to act
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- liberationRelease from constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
confidence · self-worth · assertiveness · resilience · strength · dignity · self-reliance · bodily autonomy
Pleading for a cause
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- marchRhythmic group walk
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
rally · petition · boycott · grassroots · organizing · coalition · solidarity · consciousness-raising
Identical legal protections
- equal payMatching compensation regardless of identity
- parityState of being equal
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- anti-discriminationOpposing unfair differential treatment
reproductive rights · Title IX · glass ceiling · pay gap · gender-neutral · equal opportunity · representation · inclusivity
Male-dominated social order
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- misogynyHostility toward women
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
intersectionality · womanhood · masculinity · binary · nonbinary · transgender · objectification · male gaze
Interconnected identity-based discrimination study
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- postmodernismSkepticism toward universal truths
- hegemonyDominant group's control
discourse · ideology · representation · post-colonialism · structuralism · epistemology · semiotics · hermeneutics
Militant women's voting advocate
- Seneca FallsHistoric New York reform gathering
- bra-burningSymbolic rejection of femininity constraints
- #MeTooAnti-harassment solidarity movement
- riot grrrlUnderground feminist punk movement
agency
Power to act
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- liberationRelease from constraint
independence · confidence · self-worth · assertiveness · resilience · strength · dignity · self-reliance · bodily autonomy · voice
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- campaigningActively pursuing political support
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- marchRhythmic group walk
demonstration · rally · petition · boycott · grassroots · organizing · coalition · solidarity · consciousness-raising · lobbying
equal rights
Identical legal protections
- equal payMatching compensation regardless of identity
- parityState of being equal
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
anti-discrimination · reproductive rights · Title IX · glass ceiling · pay gap · gender-neutral · equal opportunity · representation · inclusivity · diversity
patriarchy
Male-dominated social order
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- misogynyHostility toward women
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
stereotypes · intersectionality · womanhood · masculinity · binary · nonbinary · transgender · objectification · male gaze · double standard
intersectionality
Interconnected identity-based discrimination study
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- postmodernismSkepticism toward universal truths
hegemony · discourse · ideology · representation · post-colonialism · structuralism · epistemology · semiotics · hermeneutics · Simone de Beauvoir
suffragette
Militant women's voting advocate
- Seneca FallsHistoric New York reform gathering
- bra-burningSymbolic rejection of femininity constraints
- #MeTooAnti-harassment solidarity movement
- women's historywomen's history, herstory, women's movement, suffrage movement, notable women
- 20th century cultureRoaring Twenties, Jazz Age, Great Depression, baby boom, counterculture
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
- Sixtieshippies, Beatles, Woodstock, Vietnam War, JFK
- social movementscivil rights movement, women's liberation, labor movement, suffrage movement, environmental movement
- feminismgender equality, women's rights, patriarchy, women's liberation, sisterhood
feminismpatriarchy
Male-dominated social order
male supremacy · misogyny · sexism · male chauvinism · male dominance
- feminine nameTitle given to females
- feminine rolesRoles for women
- feminine productsMenstrual hygiene supplies
- radical feministsThose wanting fundamental gender change
- feminine hygieneMenstrual product category
- feminist movementCampaign for gender equality
feminine, femininity, feminist, feminize, feminists, feminisms, feminized, feminization, feminizing