The Theory Of The Political, Economic, And Social Equality

speaks exclusively about the different “waves” of feminism. The first and second wave are often coupled with the abolition of slavery and the civil rights movement respectively. This is so because many women were petitioning for these things and then realizing that they themselves do not have these simple freedoms. This thinking sparked the women’s movement. The first wave had one ultimate goal of attaining citizenship for women, most importantly the right to vote, which was achieved in August of 1920. The Second wave valued the equality of men and women. The Third wave was about bring feminism everywhere one went instead of mass movements. The fourth wave, which we are in right now, has become much more modernized with the creation of social media, which helps the word spread faster leading to change

The social-conflict theory states that inequality exists in every society, which results in conflict and change. This theory takes into consideration factors such as social class, race, ethnicity, gender, and age. Throughout history, there has been inequalities between the rich and the poor, males and females, white people and people of color; these inequalities are still ongoing today in several societies around the world. Furthermore, this social inequality causes conflict since it benefits specific groups of people and harms others. The social-conflict theory has two main types: the gender-conflict theory and the race-conflict theory.

Feminism is about empowering women and achieving equality in all aspects. There have been several waves of feminism throughout American history. These periods of time are now referred to as waves because a majority of women could be seen protesting and fighting for specific rights over consecutive years. The First Wave of feminism laid the groundwork for all the rights women have today. During this time period, women changed how they could dress and also fought for their right to vote in general elections. Before the First Wave, women were treated as property and had to obey their husbands or other male leaders of their families. Consequently, women grew tired of not having a voice or a say about their own lives. Much of what the women in

1. The second wave is characterized by the issues of the Women’s Strike for equality which was a change to a world full of oppression. During this wave, women have gained the right to voting in 1920, and they could make up to the same pay as their husbands. Married women received the privilege to own a credit card without asking their husband for permission. The difference between this issue is that in the first wave the women were wanted everything to be gender neutral because they wanted to be equal just like men.The similarities in these issues are that the women got what they ask for especially with being intersectional and allowing men to expect them how who they

In the third wave, feminists focused on challenging the second wave’s strategy. The third wave

Finally the last ideology is Feminism. Feminism is a sociological perspective that involves various movements, theories, and philosophies which are concerned with the issue of gender difference, advocate equality for women, and campaign for women 's rights and interests. The history of feminism can be divided into three waves. The first wave was in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the second was in the 1960s and 1970s and the third is from the 1990s to present.

The Third Wave was also seen as originating from the 1990’s post-feminist movement. The goals of the First movement were met, such as voting and property rights, as well as the Second Wave’s goals of equality in the workplace and reproductive rights. Thus, the goals of feminists were seemingly accomplished, and the movement was considered dead.(Page 64) This caused an increase in activity from people who still felt that there were injustices that needed to be surfaced, in regards to the interconnectivity of race, class, and sexuality with feminism. The feminist movement isn’t dead yet, but where its goals and aims will lead it into the future is unknown.

Second wave -feminism began in the 1960s and lasted throughout the 1990s. Second wave feminism was not a monolithic movement, there were many groups formed this movement that dealt with different issues that affected women. Among the groups in second wave feminist movement were liberal feminists, radical feminist that included women of color and socialist feminists and anti -feminists. Abortion was an issue that did not unified feminist but rape and domestic violence were issues that affect all women.

First-wave feminists fought for women's suffrage. Led in the 1970s by icons like Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan, a second wave pushed for economic and legal gains. Their ideals would eventually clash with the spirited individualism of third-wave feminists, women in their 20s and 30s who still advocate for women's rights while embracing a "girlie culture" that celebrates sex, men, gay culture, and

Second-waveof feminism grabbed the attention of society to the violence that women faced from both sides like domestic and outside like places of work. They also raised attention of the people to the issues of rapes like marital rape, rape with underage girls, and the crisis of rape and also tried to portray

This third wave recognizes that society is unique politically, economically and culturally in comparison to previous waves of feminism. However, the third wave represents an increase in the variant of attitudes toward gender equity as well as an increase in the number of individuals who are willing to participate actively in the third wave movement.

Her excerpt begins by introducing the “first wave” which according to her was, ‘the designation that was applied to the suffragists retroactively after a second swell of activism by American women which occurred in the 1960s and 1970s’. From there on, she glides in to how Martha Lear coined the term “second feminist wave” in 1968 and women began to prefer the association to the term ‘feminism’. Subsequently, she associates herself to the generation that Rebecca Walker introduces as “the Third wave” in her article that appeared on the New York Times Sunday Magazine in 1990.

While the second wave seemed centered on the rights of upper middle class white women, the third wave embraced women of all races, classes, and cultures. Many more specialized types of feminism arose from this wave, such as ecofeminism, which combines environmentalism and feminism, and womanism, which is aimed toward the rights of women of color. While the third wave has ended, there are still many active feminist movements happening today.

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.

In briefly evaluating the classical and modern explanations of social inequality, it is essential that we step outside the realm of our own lives, class position, and discard any assumptions we might have about the nature of inequality. This process of critical pedagogy allows us to view our world, not from our perspective, but from a wider, more critical analysis of inequality's nature. Also, it should be considered within this wider perspective that all theories of inequality have a class perspective, where the theorist, based on the position their theory takes, is making claims from (or for) a particular class (whether they want to or not). With this in mind, it seems that most of these theories come