second-wave feminism
Post-suffrage women's movement
Second-wave feminism refers to the period of feminist activism that emerged in the early 1960s and continued through the 1980s, primarily in the United States and other Western countries.
While first-wave feminism focused mainly on legal rights like voting, second-wave feminism broadened the struggle to include sexuality, workplace discrimination, reproductive rights, and domestic violence.
The movement's slogan "the personal is political" captured its central insight that private experiences of inequality were connected to larger social structures.
Second-wave feminism brought issues like equal pay and sexual harassment into public debate.
Increasing social or political awareness
Male-dominated social order
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- misogynyHostility toward women
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- objectificationReducing humans to things
chauvinism · stereotypes · oppression · subordination · double-standard · empowerment · autonomy · agency
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- picketPointed fence stake
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
boycott · petition · lobbying · grassroots · coalition · bra-burning · leafletting · organizing
consciousness-raising
Increasing social or political awareness
patriarchy
Male-dominated social order
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- misogynyHostility toward women
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
objectification · chauvinism · stereotypes · oppression · subordination · double-standard · empowerment · autonomy · agency · liberation
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- picketPointed fence stake
sit-in · boycott · petition · lobbying · grassroots · coalition · bra-burning · leafletting · organizing · advocacy
contraception
Pregnancy prevention measures
- pro-choiceSupporting legal abortion access
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Original women's rights campaign
post-feminism · suffragette movement · women's suffrage movement · intersectional feminism
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Male-dominated social order
anti-feminism · male chauvinism · misogyny · sexism · male supremacy
second-wave feminismtraditionalism
Adherence to inherited customs
social conservatism · Victorian morality · coverture · barefoot and pregnant
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