feminist movement
Women's rights advocacy
The feminist movement is the organized effort to achieve political, economic, and social equality for women.
It encompasses waves of activism from 19th-century suffrage campaigns through contemporary fights for reproductive rights and workplace equity.
The feminist movement has transformed family law over the past century.
The term can describe both historical and ongoing advocacy.
Equal treatment regardless sex
- pay equityEqual pay for equal work
- equal payMatching compensation regardless of identity
- equal opportunityUnbiased chance for all
- anti-discriminationOpposing unfair differential treatment
parity · fairness · egalitarianism · inclusivity · intersectionality · gender-neutral · work-life balance · parental leave
Male-dominated social order
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- gender studiesScholarly analysis of social identities
- women's studiesAcademic field on femininity
- first waveInitial group arriving
Simone de Beauvoir · Betty Friedan · Gloria Steinem · second wave · fourth wave · ecofeminism · womanism · male gaze
Power to act
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- liberationRelease from constraint
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- independenceFreedom from external control
confidence · assertiveness · resilience · self-worth · bodily autonomy · reproductive freedom · economic independence · career advancement
Public expression of disapproval
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
campaign · organizer · picketing · sit-in · boycott · civil disobedience · direct action · consciousness-raising
Entitlement to elect officials
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- ballotVoting document
- suffragetteMilitant women's voting advocate
- suffragistVoting rights advocate
Seneca Falls · nineteenth amendment · women's vote · Susan B. Anthony · Elizabeth Cady Stanton · Sojourner Truth · temperance · abolitionism
Advocating to decision-makers
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- outreachProactive community assistance
- educationSystematic development of mind
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
public speaking · campaigning · dialogue · discourse · philanthropy · social change · Title IX · reproductive rights
gender equality
Equal treatment regardless sex
- pay equityEqual pay for equal work
- equal payMatching compensation regardless of identity
- equal opportunityUnbiased chance for all
anti-discrimination · parity · fairness · egalitarianism · inclusivity · intersectionality · gender-neutral · work-life balance · parental leave · Title VII
patriarchy
Male-dominated social order
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- gender studiesScholarly analysis of social identities
- women's studiesAcademic field on femininity
Simone de Beauvoir · Betty Friedan · Gloria Steinem · first wave · second wave · fourth wave · ecofeminism · womanism · male gaze · objectification
agency
Power to act
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- liberationRelease from constraint
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
independence · confidence · assertiveness · resilience · self-worth · bodily autonomy · reproductive freedom · economic independence · career advancement · leadership
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
grassroots · campaign · organizer · picketing · sit-in · boycott · civil disobedience · direct action · consciousness-raising · petition
voting rights
Entitlement to elect officials
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- ballotVoting document
- suffragetteMilitant women's voting advocate
suffragist · Seneca Falls · nineteenth amendment · women's vote · Susan B. Anthony · Elizabeth Cady Stanton · Sojourner Truth · temperance · abolitionism · first wave
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- outreachProactive community assistance
- educationSystematic development of mind
nonprofit · public speaking · campaigning · dialogue · discourse · philanthropy · social change · Title IX · reproductive rights · NOW
- social movementswomen's liberation, abolition, disability rights, LGBT rights, LGBTQ rights
- BoomersAARP, AARP member, empty nester, empty nesters, grandparent
- protestsprotest, demonstration, protest march, demonstrations, rallies
- women leadersMargaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel, Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, Jacinda Ardern
- movementsmove, step, turn, shift, slide
- Canadian HistoryConfederation, Rupert's Land, colonial era, colonial government, self-government
feminist movementmale supremacy
Men's assumed superiority
anti-feminism · patriarchy · male chauvinism · complementarianism · manosphere
feminist movementstatus quo
Existing condition of affairs
traditionalism · social conservatism · conservatism · religious right · Moral Majority
movement, feminism, effeminate, feminist, effeminacy, feminize, feminists, feminisms, feminized