Quick history of the Feminism
Women are often referred to as the gentler sex, and even the prettier half when it comes to romantic relationships. While yes, physically not all women might be as strong as any man, and women do possess a special kind of beauty, women are far more than just pretty helpless things to look at. This opinion though persists even now and has started off a long time ago, back when women had no rights at all and they were just pretty things that weather they want or not will bring children to their husband. Of course the idea of it today is ridiculous in our society, but even today women are getting the short stick in the end. So how do we change the view society has over women? By generating new views and ideas than these of the past. While today not many people will understand why some women are offended when being referred as the weaker sex, in history these opinions brought to horrible output for women before feminism started. Generally feminism is the change that woman wanted to and made in history and it’s time we learn something from it and continue to do so. There are three waves of feminism in history:
1. First wave – The very first feminist movements in America started in the 19th century. Women didn’t have right to inherit property ( they had to marry to had a right to it), women didn’t have full rights over their body and women were discriminated in the workplace and getting paid less than their male colleagues. Women were fighting to get education rights, better working conditions and abolishing the gender double standards. You can only imagine how difficult it was for the idea that those pretty little things that had no say in any matter to be accepted. It was a long and hard journey which in the end gave birth to the law that enforces the right for women to own property and those who do to be allowed to vote.
““Equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who’s confronted with it. We need equality. Kinda now.”
― Joss Whedon”
2. Second wave – While women got some rights, full equality wasn’t reached until later. In the 1960s a new wave of feminism emerged, that woke most of the housewives that were blindly believing they had rights even though they were oppressed by society on a daily basis. The National Organization for Women was formed and while full equality hasn’t been reached, things got better for women. Many of the women were also passionate supporters of the Civil Rights Activism.
3. Third wave – The third wave of feminism started in the 1990s and it’s still going on. Even today we cannot seem to achieve full gender equality. Women all around the world are still getting lower salary rates than men and there is still violence over women.
It is up to us to change this, we have to unify, men and women of any color and race.
