Notes for WGSS Monday Sept 14 What is feminism o Feminism Belief in social political and economic equality of the sexes o Currently Feminism Feminists are receiving backlash First Wave of Feminism Late 1800s early 1900s Second wave of Feminism Late 1960s 80s o Suffrage o Equality Third Wave of Feminism 1990s o Postmodern ecofeminism postcolonial There are different types of feminism o Liberal Feminism Individual rights freedom of choice o Socialist Feminism Economic aspects of women o Radical Feminism Male domination manifests itself in women s sexuality gender roles and family relationships o More examples would be Lesbian feminism ecofeminism transfeminism postcolonial feminism black feminism third world feminism libertarian feminism o THERE IS NO ONE FEMINISM and not everyone agrees on a definition Ideology Ideas attitudes and values that represent the interests of a group of people o Dominant might not be majority Normative Of relating to or prescribing a norm or standard