Feminism advocates for equal rights for women through various movements and ideologies, aiming to establish and defend political, economic, personal, and social equality. It critiques patriarchal institutions, promotes women's rights in various aspects of life, and emphasizes the fluidity of sex and gender. The history of feminism is categorized into three waves, each focusing on different aspects of gender equality, with diverse branches including liberal, radical, socialist, and postmodern feminism.

2. FEMINISM
FEMINISM IS A DOCTRINE THAT
ADVOCATES EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN /
THE MOVEMENT AIMED AT EQUAL RIGHTS
FOR WOMEN. FEMINISM IS A COLLECTION
OF MOVEMENTS AND IDEOLOGIES AIMED
AT DEFINING, ESTABLISHING, AND
DEFENDING EQUAL POLITICAL, ECONOMIC,
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RIGHTS OF

3. GOALS OF FEMINISM
TO GET WOMEN EQUAL RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW AND
EQUAL STATURE IN SOCIETY
PROVIDE MULTIPLE NARRATIVES OF WOMEN HISTORY
VIEW “SEX” AND “GENDER” AS FLUID INSTEAD OF FIXED, AS
SOCIAL RATHER THAN BIOLOGICAL
FIGHT FOR EQUALITY AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE
CHALLENGES WOMEN FACE IN THEIR LIVES
MAKE BOTH MEN AND WOMEN AWARE OF GENDER
INEQUALITY AND THE WAY IT HARMS THE SOCIETY
CRITIQUE THE INSTITUTIONS THAT SUPPORT PATRIARCHY.
DISMANTLE DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES AND LAWS
ENCOURAGE “CHOICE” IN MULTIPLE ARENAS
INCLUDE SEXUALITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF WOMEN’S

4. DEFINITION OF FEMINISM
FEMINIST MOVEMENTS HAVE CAMPAIGNED AND
CONTINUE TO CAMPAIGN FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS,
INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO VOTE, TO HOLD PUBLIC
OFFICES, TO WORK, TO EARN FAIR WAGES/EQUAL
PAY, TO OWN PROPERTY, TO RECEIVE EDUCATION,
TO ENTER CONTRACTS, TO HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS
WITHIN MARRIAGES, AND HAVE A MATERNITY LIFE
FEMINISTS HAVE ALSO WORKED TO PROMOTE
BODILY AUTONOMY AND INTEGRITY. AND TO
PROTECT WOMWN AND GIRLS FROM RAPE, SEXUAL

5. OBJECTIVES OF FEMINISM
1)TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF GENDER INEQUALITY
2)TO EXAMINE WOMEN’S SOCIAL ROLES AND SUBJECTION OF
WOMEN IN SOCIETY
3)TOFIND OUT CAUSES OF SUBORDINATION STATUS OF
WOMWN
4)TO ANALYZE THE ORIGIN OF SUBORDINATE STATUS OF
WOMEN
5)TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST WOMEN
6)TO IDENTIFY THE EXISTING POWER RELATIONSHIPS IN
SPECIFIC SPHERES- FAMILY, ECONOMY, POLITICAL AND
OTHER AREAS OF SOCIAL AND CULTURE

6. TRADITION OF FEMINISM
THE HISTORY OF MODERN WESTERN FEMINIST
MOVEMENTS IS DIVIDED INTO THREE WAVES:-
1)THE FIRST WAVE WAS A PERIOD OF ACTIVITY
DURING THE 19TH CENTURY AND EARLY 20TH
CENTURY. IN THE UK AND US, IT IS FOCUSED ON THE
PROMTION OF EQUAL CONTRACT, MARRIAGE,
PARENTING, AND PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
2)THE SECOND WAVE CAMPAIGNED FOR LEGAL AND
SOCIAL EQUALITY FOR WOMEN
3)THE THIRD WAVE IS A CONTINUATION OF, AND A

7. TYPES OF FEMINISM
LIBERAL FEMINISM
RADICAL FEMINISM
SOCIALIST
FEMINISM
POST MODERN FEMINISM/THIRD
WAVE FEMINISM

8. LIBERAL FEMINISM
LIBERAL FEMINISM TAKES A GENDER-
NEUTRAL APPROACH HOLDS THAT ALL MEN
AND WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL AND
SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME AND
SEEKS TO REFORM OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS.
LIBERAL FEMINISM FOCUSES STRONGLY
ON FIXING WOMEN’S EXCLUSION FROM
POLITICAL POWER. HENCE, WOMEN

9. RADICAL FEMINISM
RADICAL FEMINISM IS ALSO KNOWN AS
REVOLUTIONARY FEMINISM. BOTH RADICAL AND
SOCIALIST FEMINISTS HAVE THEIR ROOTS ON
MARXIST CONCEPTS AT CLASS – CONFLICT AND
EXPLORATION. RACIAL FEMINIST’S MAIN DEMAND IS
DESTRUCTION OF PATRIARCHY.
ACCORDING TO RADICAL FEMINISTS, PATRIARCHY
IS AN AUTONOMOUS HISTORICAL FACT, PRESERVED
THROUGH MARRIAGE AND FAMILY.
RADICAL FEMINISM AIMS TO CHALLENGE AND
OVERTHROW PATRIARCHY BY OPPOSING

10. FAMOUS RADICAL FEMINISTS
KATE MILLET (SEXUAL POLITICS-1969)
SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (THE DIALECTIC OF
SEX-1970).
GERMAINE GREER (THE FEMALE EUNCH-1970)
ELLEN FRANKFORT (VAGINAL POLITICS-1972)

11. SOCIALIST FEMINISM
THIS IS A VERY BROAD TERM AND INCLUDED
DIFFERENT SHADES. IT IS A DIVERSE CLUSTER
OF WRITINGS, REFFERING TO DIFFERENT
CULTURAL SUITUATIONS. ALL THESE TYPES OF
SOCIALIST FEMINISMS SHARE THE
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF THESE THREE
IDEOLOGIES:
MARXIAN
RQADICAL
PHENOMENOLOGICAL

12. POST MODERN FEMINISM/THIRD WAVE OF
FEMINISM
IN 1980, THIRD WAVE FEMINISM IS ONE OF THE
MOST DYNAMIC AND CENTRAL IDEA OF
INTELLECTUAL GROEWTH WITHIN FEMINISM. THIS
IS GAIN OF SUCCESS OF WOMEN’S MOVEMENT AT
GLOBAL LEVEL WHICH TOUCHES WOMEN AT ALL
WITHIN A NATION AND INTERNATIONAL.
THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE DIFFERENCES AMONG
WOMEN. THE THIRD WAVE FEMINISM HAS BEEN
DERIVED FROM RADICAL AND SOCIAL FEMINISM.