Feminism Second Wave
Feminism Second-Wave
The 1960s saw the emergence of second-wave feminism,which to a great extent focused on equality and discrimination. It identified the cultural and political inequalities that women were facing. The main issue was inequality towards women, which came on the run of the civil rights movement that worked to fight oppression. The feminist wave, with their slogan “The Personal is Political,” encouraged the women to see how their personal lives reflected how power structures were sexist. In Redstockings Manifesto by the Redstockings of the Women’s Liberation Movement, it supported the women’s movement andemancipation. Among the writings that were prominent in advancing the ideas of the feminists included Redstockings Manifesto and The Politics of Housework which looked at the oppression of women. They wanted to eliminate any prejudice that was against women. They tried to achieve internal difference and called on women to unite and achieve liberation from men’s oppressors. The main objective was to emancipate women and make them liberal. The people were criticizing gender inequality and wanted women to be liberalized. One similarity is that they all focused on the inequality that women faced and wanted women to fight the oppression as one. Through this, the wave of the 1960s and 1970s was meant to address the inequalities that were there.
Reference
Willis, E. (1984). Radical feminism and feministic radicalism. Social text, (9/10), 91-118
