Amelia Jones wrote a piece on feminism titled ‘Feminism, Incorporated – Reading “PostFeminism” in an anti-feminist age’. Here Jones goes into detail on our particular culture and the rise of anti-feminism. This was really interesting to read and I found out a lot more about the politics and negative aspects of being in politics as a woman.

Amelia Jones: ‘Feminism, Incorporated’ – 

Postfeminism | What is it?

Postfeminism isn’t well defined and is used in inconsistent ways so the accurate definition does not exist. The term in general suggests that feminism has succeeded in its aims and its goals of making life better for women and getting rid of sexism opposing the intention of broadening feminist struggles.

First wave feminism

First wave feminism happening in the 19th and early 20th century throughout the world, particularly in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Netherlands. This stage of the movement focused on the legal issues, primarily on gaining women’s suffrage (the right to vote). This is where the term Suffragette came from and spread across women in Britain and across the world who fought and protested simply for the right to vote. Women died for this cause just to get women seen but one individual in particular got the whole of Britain talking. This individual was Emily Davidson who went out onto the race track at a Derby in 1913 to raise the flag of the Suffragettes in front of the cameras that were broadcasting the race. She was struck down by one of the King’s horses and was killed. She made news history with thousands of people going out to attend her funeral and many more shocked at the death of this Suffragette. This is when people started to listen and for many it was even more reason to ignore them but the women of Britain were finally given the vote in 1918 women in Britain over the age of 21 were allowed to vote. This was one part of the first wave of the feminist movement.

Second wave feminism 

The second wave of feminism first began in the early 1960s in the United States, eventually spreading throughout the Western world (and beyond). This movement saw women as equals to men to get them out of the house and into the offices, for women to be able to have jobs and bring their own money into their own home. Women no longer wanted to be stay-at-home housewives that basically lived to serve the men. This worked as it is now common for women to be working in many different kinds of jobs and working just as hard as men. However, we are still struggling with the rights to equal pay in many parts of the working industry and women are still faced with unfair inequalities which belittle the women and make them seem less capable than their male counterparts which is completely wrong.

Third wave feminism

Third wave feminism began in the 1990s and is continuing to this day. This refers to several diverse strains of feminist activity and study. This is the fight for gender equality in all sense of the words. It is to raise the issues that women face through stereotypes and unfair stigmas. This movement still carries on today and many activist groups across the world including Femen and the Pussy Riots are still very much involved in ridding the world of inequality.