- Feminist = a political position
- Female = a matter of biology
- Feminine = a set of culturally defined characteristics
First wave of feminism :
- Women’s Suffrage Committee (1867) / The international Council of women (1888) / the International Alliance of Women (1904) was the formation of the first wave of feminism.
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1792) – she was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women’s rights. She wrote the book, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, which argues that the educational system deliberately trained women to be frivolous and incapable and that if girls were allowed the same advantages as boys, women would be not only exceptional wives and mothers but also capable workers.
Second wave of feminism :
- Galvanised by organisations such as, the British Women’s Suffrage Committee (1867), the International Council of Women (1888), the The International Alliance of Women (1904).
- The Suffragettes were a organisation who fought / wanted governmental
Third Wave Feminism :
- Third wave feminism came / begun by Naomi Wolf in the early 1990s through her book, as he had ideas and thoughts that there will be a third wave.
- Third wave feminism is more alert and expression more, as well as having more thoughts and opinions on feminism.
- third-wave sees women’s lives as intersectional, demonstrating a pluralism towards race, ethnicity, class, religion, gender and nationality when discussing feminism.
- Began in the mid 90s
- The characteristics of third wave feminism can be seen as an emphasis on the differences among women due to race, ethnicity, class, nationality, religion. Individual and do-it-yourself (DIY) tactics. Fluid and multiple subject positions and identities. Cyberactivism. The reappropriation of derogatory terms such as ‘slut’ and ‘bitch’ for liberatory purposes and sex positivity.