Feminism
Equality of both men and women.
Women's Traditions
- The status of women changed after WWII
- Gained more economic, political, social, and sexual rights
- In industrial countries, women are 40 to 50 percent of the workforce
- Only 20 percent in developing countries
- 10 percent in Islamic countries
- In all countries, women work primarily low-paying jobs: Teaching, service, and clerical jobs.
Feminist Challenges and Movements
- Even though they had the right to vote, they still didn't have the economic and sexual equality
- After WWII, when more women went to work, they protested against job discrimination, pay differences, and lack of legal equality
- Women exposed the ways in which biologically determined understanding of gender led to their oppression
- Women not only demanded equality in the workplace but also demanded full control over their bodies and reproductive system
- The U.S. civil rights act of 1964 prohibited discrimination on the basis of both race and sex
- The gender equality of the Equal Rights Amendment that would have secured, never materialized, however, as the amendment failed to achieve ratification before the 1982 deadline.
Click the Thinglink below to learn more about awesome women and movements in our history!
"Women's Suffrage Movement vs. Women's Rights Movement in the 1800s." Women's Suffrage Movement vs. Women's Rights Movement in the 1800s. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.
"Catharsis: Sarah Evans, Black Feminism, and Women's Liberation." Catharsis: Sarah Evans, Black Feminism, and Women's Liberation. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.
"Origins of the Movement." Women's Rights in the 1800s. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.
"Rebel Girls: Your Handy-Dandy Map to the Feminist Movement | Autostraddle." Autostraddle. N.p., 2014. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.
"Abbigayle Rashae: Feminist Issues - What Is Feminism?" Abbigayle Rashae: Feminist Issues - What Is Feminism? N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.