The waves of feminism was an interesting read the explanation of the different “waves” of feminism first began with the notion or idea that “woman are human” and in a lot of ways i feel as if we are still at times struggling to get that point across but the first wave was in my understanding mostly about women putting themselves on the line and suffering a lot of outlash for the right to vote and was established that although many women were involved it was really for the right of white women to vote. The second wave for me primarily was focused on was naming and taking a deeper look into the system that forced women to be subjugated and further judged them when they were unhappy with the place they were given so that wave supported the right of when to take birth control if they liked and education they were given the right to get credit cards and apply for mortgages and it was really outlandish for me to see that women were not allowed this right in the first place. The third wave i understood to be women fighting to have rights over their own body again due to the normalization of sexual harrasments in all spaces but mostly in the work place and violence again women. The fourth wave which we are still currently in is about in similar to the third wave and it is attempting to hold men accountable for doing and saying things that are violent toward women like trump stating he grabs women by the pussy and how often men hold and share views that further imbeds in minds that women are somehow lesser an here to be submissive and are different then men and somehow not enough. In a lot of ways I believe we are still going through these struggles and women are still fighting to be treated with respect but i do believe we are in a better place and there are men out there that do their best to ally with women and are against patriarchy as well.
Giselle Valentine Reflection 6
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