second-wave feminism

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Second-wave feminism was a broad feminist movement that emerged in the 1960s–1980s, focusing on issues such as workplace equality, reproductive rights, sexuality, and systemic gender discrimination beyond basic legal rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feminist movement
historical period
social movement
aimsTo achieve economic independence for women
challenge traditional gender roles
eliminate gender discrimination in law
expand reproductive freedom
transform social institutions
coreConcept consciousness-raising
gender as socially constructed
patriarchy as a system of power
women’s liberation
criticizedFor focus on white middle-class women
insufficient attention to class
insufficient attention to race
insufficient attention to sexuality diversity
endTime 1980s
focusesOn beauty standards
domestic labor
economic equality
education access
family roles
legal equality beyond suffrage
marital rape
patriarchy
political representation
pornography
rape
reproductive rights
sexual harassment
sexuality
systemic gender discrimination
violence against women
workplace equality
followedBy third-wave feminism
follows first-wave feminism
hasCause New Left politics
civil rights movement
perceived limits of legal equality achieved by first-wave feminism
post–World War II gender roles
hasPart Black feminism
cultural feminism
lesbian feminism
liberal feminism
radical feminism
socialist feminism
influenced anti-discrimination law reforms
family law reforms
gender studies
third-wave feminism
women’s studies programs
workplace harassment policies
influencedBy Betty Friedan
New Left
Simone de Beauvoir
The Feminine Mystique
The Second Sex
antiwar movement
civil rights movement in the United States
mainRegion United States
Western Europe
slogan the personal is political
startTime 1960s

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Emma Goldman influenced second-wave feminism
Adrienne Rich movement second-wave feminism
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Respect associatedWithMovement women's liberation movement
subject linked to: "Respect"
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Nancy Fraser movement second-wave feminism
Suzanne Brøgger movement second-wave feminism
Simone de Beauvoir movement second-wave feminism
The Second Sex literaryMovement second-wave feminism
The Feminine Mystique movement second-wave feminism
Mary Catherine Bateson movement second-wave feminism (intellectual context)
linked to: second-wave feminism
A Room of One's Own influenced second-wave feminism
Joanna Russ movement second-wave feminism
Germaine Greer movement second-wave feminism
hippy movement influenced sexual revolution
linked to: second-wave feminism
Helen Gurley Brown movement second-wave feminism
Betty Friedan movement second-wave feminism
Blood, Bread, and Poetry literaryMovement second-wave feminism
Delphine Seyrig movement second-wave feminism
Gerda Lerner movement women's liberation movement
linked to: second-wave feminism
Firebrand Books movement second-wave feminism
Mrs. America mainSubject second-wave feminism
Baby Boomers associatedWith second-wave feminism
Moon Landing literaryMovement second-wave feminism
subject linked to: poem "Moon Landing"
Virago Press movement second-wave feminism
Moving Beyond Words literaryMovement second-wave feminism
Crème Fraiche movement second-wave feminism
subject linked to: Creme Fraiche
global 1968 movement hasInfluenced second-wave feminism
Rödluvan influencedBy second-wave feminism
The Magic Toyshop literaryMovement second-wave feminism
The personal is political hasMovement second-wave feminism
subject linked to: the personal is political
The personal is political associatedWith women's liberation movement
subject linked to: the personal is political
linked to: second-wave feminism
Why Women Need the Goddess influencedBy women's liberation movement
linked to: second-wave feminism
Women and Economics influenced second-wave feminism
Hannah Gavron influenced second-wave feminism
French feminism relatedMovement second-wave feminism
Margaret Ekpo movement women's liberation movement
linked to: second-wave feminism
Diane di Prima movement second-wave feminism
Think associatedWithMovement women's liberation movement
subject linked to: Aretha Franklin – Think
linked to: second-wave feminism
Having It All (1982) influencedBy second-wave feminism
Kate Jennings movement second-wave feminism
Betty Dodson movement second-wave feminism
The Pill era second-wave feminism
Rated 'X' era second-wave feminism
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