(First Wave) Feminism
feminism -✔✔✔a MOVEMENT to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression
movement -✔✔✔a group of people acting with some degree of organization and continuity outside of
institutional channels for the purpose of promoting change in the group, society, or the world
sexism -✔✔✔attitudes, actions, and institutional practices that lower women because of their gender
oppression -✔✔✔to be caught among forces and barriers that jointly restrain, restrict, or prevent
motion or mobility (i.e. birdcage example)
patriarchy -✔✔✔rule of men over women as a social group AND a system based on sexual hierarchy
with men on top
suffrage -✔✔✔the right to vote
1st wave feminism (1830s-1960s) -✔✔✔focused on abolition and women's rights, specifically: VOTING,
healthcare, property, and marriage relationships
2nd wave feminism (1960s-1980s) -✔✔✔focused on anti-discrimination (at work and school),
sexuality, family, reproductive rights, domestic violence, and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
paralleled the civil rights movement
3rd wave feminism (1990-present) -✔✔✔focuses on sexual harassment, reclaiming derogatory terms,
intersectionality, body image, reproductive rights (abortion, maternity leave, etc.), and the glass ceiling.
lacks a solid goal
feminism -✔✔✔a MOVEMENT to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression
movement -✔✔✔a group of people acting with some degree of organization and continuity outside of
institutional channels for the purpose of promoting change in the group, society, or the world
sexism -✔✔✔attitudes, actions, and institutional practices that lower women because of their gender
oppression -✔✔✔to be caught among forces and barriers that jointly restrain, restrict, or prevent
motion or mobility (i.e. birdcage example)
patriarchy -✔✔✔rule of men over women as a social group AND a system based on sexual hierarchy
with men on top
suffrage -✔✔✔the right to vote
1st wave feminism (1830s-1960s) -✔✔✔focused on abolition and women's rights, specifically: VOTING,
healthcare, property, and marriage relationships
2nd wave feminism (1960s-1980s) -✔✔✔focused on anti-discrimination (at work and school),
sexuality, family, reproductive rights, domestic violence, and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
paralleled the civil rights movement
3rd wave feminism (1990-present) -✔✔✔focuses on sexual harassment, reclaiming derogatory terms,
intersectionality, body image, reproductive rights (abortion, maternity leave, etc.), and the glass ceiling.
lacks a solid goal
