feminist

(noun)

A range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social rights for women that are equal to those of men.

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Examples of feminist in the following topics:

  • The Feminist Perspective

    • Feminist theory analyzes gender stratification through the intersection of gender, race, and class.
    • The first and second waves of the feminist movement were primarily driven by white women, who did not adequately represent the feminist movement as a whole.
    • Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical or philosophical discourse.
    • The feminist perspective of gender stratification more recently takes into account intersectionality, a feminist sociological theory first highlighted by feminist-sociologist KimberlĂ© Crenshaw.
    • The first and second waves of the feminist movement were primarily driven by white women, who did not adequately represent the feminist movement as a whole.

  • The Feminist Perspective

    • The feminist perspective has much in common with the conflict perspective.
    • Feminist thought has a rich history, which is categorized into three waves.
    • Over the years, feminist demands have changed.
    • First-wave feminists fought for basic citizenship rights, such as the right to vote, while third wave feminists are concerned with more complex social movements, like post-structuralism.
    • Identify the main tenets of the feminist perspective and its research focus, distinguishing the three waves of feminist theory

  • The Influence of Feminism

    • One of the first self-proclaimed feminist art classes in the United States, the Feminist Art Program, was started in the fall of 1970 at Fresno State University by visiting artist Judy Chicago.
    • Gallery were formed to provide visibility for art by feminist artists.
    • There are thousands of examples of women associated with the feminist art movement.
    • Miriam Schapiro, co-founder of the Feminist Art Program at Cal Arts
    • Describe the origin, evolution, and influence of the feminist movement on art during the later 20th century.

  • The Feminist Movement

    • The feminist movement refers to a series of campaigns for cultural, political, economic, and social equality for women.
    • The history of feminist movements has been divided into three "waves" by feminist scholars.
    • The first wave refers to the feminist movement of the nineteenth through early twentieth centuries, which focused mainly on women's suffrage .
    • Anarcha-feminists believe that class struggle and anarchy against the state.
    • First-wave feminists marching for women's suffrage.

  • Feminist Theory

    • Feminist Theory often dramatically influences scientific theory and practice within such fields.
    • Below we offer summaries of the major conceptual approaches within Feminist Theory.
    • Radical feminists believe that women are oppressed by our patriarchal society.
    • Some believe this is a temporary stage while others see this as a permanent goal.Cultural feminists, like radical feminists, believe that women are oppressed by our patriarchal society.
    • Black feminists believe that many inequalities are important in society today, not only gender.

  • Examples of Social Movements

  • Gender

    • There are thousands of examples of women associated with the feminist art movement.
    • There are thousands of examples of women associated with the feminist art movement.
    • Judy Chicago, founder of the first known Feminist Art Program (in Fresno, California);
    • Miriam Schapiro, co-founder of the Feminist Art Program at Cal Arts;
    • Analyze the growth of the postmodern feminist art movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

  • The Feminist Perspective

    • Feminists view the family as a historical institution that has maintained and perpetuated sexual inequalities.
    • Both feminist and masculist authors have decried such predetermined roles as unjust.

  • Gender and Social Movements

    • The feminist movement refers to a series of campaigns on issues pertaining to women, such as reproductive rights and women's suffrage.
    • Second-wave feminism refers to a period of feminist activity beginning in the early 1960s and through the late 1980s.
    • Immediately after WWII, a new global dimension was added to the feminist cause through the formation of the United Nations (UN).
    • These divisions among feminists included: First World vs.
    • Illustrate how the various waves of the feminist movement helped advance women in terms of social status and equality

  • Political Art

    • Political art in the nineties was a form of protest for the feminist movement against patriarchy and women's exclusion in the arts.
    • Emerging forms of feminism and feminist art of the time was particularly influential to activist art.
    • The strategies deployed by feminist artists paralleled those of activist artists.
    • Discuss how personal revelation through art was used as a political tool by feminists in the 1990s.