Title: Is Modern-Day Feminism Giving Women Rights Men Don’t Have?
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Is Modern-Day Feminism Giving Women Rights Men Don’t Have?
By Carrie Christensen, Pensacola Christian College
Carrie Christensen
Pensacola Christian College
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Content: The women’s steadfast presence and petitions finally tipped the scales to win women the right to vote in 1920, which established what many call the first wave of feminism. Shortly after this, the suffrage movement evolved into the feminist party. Feminism has since paved the way for women not only politically but professionally, demanding that women be treated equally in society. Thanks to them, it is now socially acceptable for women everywhere to have a job, and women have less to fear from sexual violence than they used to. These improvements, established in the second wave, set women on an equal platform with men in almost every aspect of life. The second wave of feminism in the 1960s and 1970s focused on equality in everyday life. ( Image via NY Women’s Equality)
However, the third wave of feminism in modern society is aimed at a more intangible problem: the perception of women. This new wave is vastly different from the women’s rights movements of the 20th century, which worked to make all men and women equal. Feminists today are going after the subconscious ideas of women that have been ingrained into men and women alike from previous centuries.