A Day Without Feminism

When thinking about feminism in today’s society we tend to direct our minds and thoughts to a more radical and powerful train of thought. Feminism has been going on for centuries, with two main ideologies at the forefront; liberal and cultural feminism. Someone who identifies as a liberal feminist is someone who believes that women and men are a like and equal in most respects and deserve equal roles and opportunities (Wood & Fixmer-Oraiz, 2017, p. 58). And cultural feminism is someone who identifies as someone who believes that men and women are fundamentally differently; you have different rights, role and opportunities (Wood & Fixmer-Oraiz, 2017, p. 58). The women’s rights movement can be understood and broken down into three “waves”.

While reading several articles on feminism, I notice that ever article had an “expectation” of women. When I say expectation I mean a belief of how women are supposed to act, look and think. First off, what is the definition of Feminism? Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. (A Day Without Feminism, 2000) Miss America is a great example of how society expects women to look. Women crave male approval which keeps them by beauty standards. (New York Radical Women, 1968) In school, girls are once again EXPECTED to be less smart than their male peer. With this expectation in play, being cute is seemed to be more important than being smart. (Still Needing the F word, 2003) Higher education has only been available for women for a few hundred years. (Claiming education, 1979) Why let society

Throughout history, women’s rights have had less rights then men. In the short story “Trifles,” written by Susan Glaspell, there is a search for the victim of a murder case and the women are discriminated. In the “Yellow Wallpaper,” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a woman is in a limited lifestyle were her husband, and has to deal with having less of a say in conversation. Constant communication of feminism throughout the world will allow everyone in the world to realize that equal rights between genders are normal. Feminism is a necessary aspect of the human race until society gives equal rights to women so they can feel important when they give their opinion, can have a relationship that is not controlling, and get an occupation that men are controlling.

The Merriam-Webster definition of feminism is “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes.” In the past century, gender roles have been challenged because of feminism. The very idea has completely flipped households, workplaces, and the general community and changed it for the better. A plethora of women’s movements were initiated in the 1960’s, and it gave people a look at how powerful women are when we stand united. Feminism has gained many followers in the past thirty to forty years as more people are becoming aware of conflicts pertaining to discrimination. However, there are many that were hesitant both in the 1960’s and in the present day, but for very different reasons. Nevertheless, persistence seems to be a beacon in women’s rights movements, thanks to very strong and level-headed role models.

Feminism offers the same things to a man as it does to a woman. After reading this article I have found out that feminism effects every aspect of our lives whether it be how we learn to the pay we get for the same work. It is just not a woman thing it is a social and human issue. According to Bell, feminism is aimed to end sexist oppression of all human regardless of what their race, gender and social status are.

Women of that time had every right to be angry, especially the African American women. They had no rights what so ever and they were used to make babies and work. The Government was also predominantly male and women did not have the right to vote. I think there is a difference between the feminists of that day compared to now. Back in the 1900’s feminists fought for the right to work, vote, and live free like the men in this country. Well, they won many of those rights and women are much more equal to men now then they were back then. Feminists now usually go out and protest when something demeaning toward women happens. Nowadays there are also extreme feminists which Rush limbaugh appropriately labels feminazis. Rush talks about one in particular by the name of Jody Allard. Here she labels her own sons as potential rapists due to their gender. For example “She has condemned her own sons in her feminist writings as potential rapists simply because of their gender”. This is the perfect example of how our country has really gotten of the path of

Ever since the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2017, protest movements have spread rapidly across all fifty states to protest against the horrendous concepts of Trump’s leadership. Starting with the Women’s March on Washington on January 21, 2017, protesting has developed more and more sparking the Day Without Women protest. Though protesting is not seen as effective by some Americans, it is a legal display of the first amendment in the Bill of Rights where it states that, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for

The article said that “ Feminist have had to remind us that women were were there too and that women have been colonized and had been colonized in different ways to men”. I thought this was a very interesting point and something that relates to the article. I think that feminism and gender inequality in the world today has not changed compared to this article was women and the article that I summarized above. It shows that women today have to speak up and speak their minds about their rights or else they are not going to get fair treatment when it should just be automatic. In this case a women spoke up for her rights and talked about equal rights and was arrested. It just shows how not many things have changed since 2004 to 2016 or back even in times of colonization.

Feminism Today is much like feminism back then. We still are fighting for some of the same things and women are still doing amazing things. Feminism is still fighting for acceptance but mostly for understanding. Many people don't understand the real meaning of feminism. Some people still think that feminism is a big bucket of bull. We also still have a problem

Feminists have been active in their role for decades. The first women who were proponents of women's rights, advocates for self-promotion of women's freedoms and leaders of women into the 20th century, I believe would be appalled at where the current "feminists" have taken their cause. In the late 1960's a movement ensued, a movement of great proportions. This ideological stance of women needing to empower themselves against men and their "inherent violence" began a degradation of men's roles in family and society. Men have been silenced as fathers and husbands. In the early 20th century, boys were taught to protect women, open doors for them, help them carry their groceries and never to hit a woman. The feminists would have us

What is feminism? The definition is often argued over by feminists and anti-feminists. Feminists believe that the expectations for women are far too high to be attainable for most—they are expected to be the perfect weight, the perfect height, the perfect everything in the eyes of society in order to be seen as worth anything. Feminists believe that women are seen by society as less powerful, less smart, simply less than men. Feminists also believe that feminism promotes gender equality, not misandry. They aim to fix this. Anti-feminists, on the other hand believe that feminism is women being obnoxious and putting themselves above men. They think feminism in 2015 in unnecessary. Women already have the right to vote, what more could they possibly want? This oppression is just one reason why feminism exists and—in my opinion—is extremely important in today’s world.

Feminism has not changed today, but its focus has changed. Many women today have good education and employment opportunities just like men, as the early feminist fought for them. Now, after getting all these, men are now discriminating them and at times abusing them in order to undermine their hard work and potentiality. Men are doing all they can to undermine the success women have been able to acquired, however, today’s feminism is struggling to protect women and girls from domestic violence, sexual harassment, and rape as well as discrimination.

For many years, women have aimed for gaining equality with men. They’re opportunities were taken away because of the fact that they were women. Overtime feminism has expanded and diversified in many different aspects including approach and priorities. The changes in them are result of many different social economic groups of women because of the various goals set for methods of creating change, which are implemented within the movement. The feminist movement has been trying to give equal rights to women who have been destitute of their equality and privileges that man have never given them. Feminism is beneficial to men, women, and their families because it is allowing everyone to have an equal opportunity in life to achieve all they can without any discrimination based on their sex.

Many times in life men do not think that women can do the same things that they can; whether it’s picking up boxes or being president. There will always be that “macho man” thought of the man being stronger than the woman. In many jobs women might do the exact same thing that men do except men are getting paid more than women even if it is an insignificant amount, it happens in many places and even though many people disapprove of it there are still jobs like that out there. And there are still employers who think that a woman should not be in the work force if so home. Many feminist have been working to solve this problem and there are still people who are working to solve and change many more of these problems, and even though in some places it doesn’t seem like it, feminism and feminists

The idea of women being equal to men has been debated for a very long time. Even when civilizations were just starting, most women were treated very differently from men. When women started fighting against this oppression they were called feminists. Feminism can be separated into three waves. The first wave of feminism was from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s. The second wave was from the 1960s to the 1980s. The third wave of feminism started in the 1990s, but its end is unclear. Some people believe it has ended and the fourth wave of feminism has started, but others believe it continues today. The different waves have been very different in some aspects, but very similar in others. The main differences between the first and third wave of feminism are what they fought for, how they protested, and society’s reaction to their cause.