The Third Wave Of Feminism In The 1940's
Moving on, since the crash of the First Wave of feminism, we have seen an on and off switch of freedoms and limitations. The 1920’s or better known as the Roaring Twenties brought out women’s votes to play and the presence of “flappers” led women to unprecedented freedoms when it came to the way they dressed and acted in public settings. After the Stock Market Crash, the Great Depression, and diving into World War II, more women were brought into the working force like never before. As Claudia Goldin from The American Economic Review states that “The 1940’s were a turning point in married women’s labor-force participation, leading many to credit World War II with spurring economic and social change.”
After the war had ended, we then see women …show more content…
It is for certain that this wave of feminism was the most diverse and individualist up to date. The movement of the Third Wave focused less on the laws and political process and more on individual identity. With the First and Second Wave of feminism already granting women the right to vote, right to work, greater rights to one’s body, and greater rights to education we see the Third Wave focus on stereotypes against women and in media portrayals of women along with language used to describe them. Along with that, Third-Wave feminists wanted to transform the traditional notions of sexuality and embrace “an exploration of women’s feelings about sexuality that includes vagina-centered topics as diverse as orgasm, birth and rape.” (Snyder vol. 1) As Baumgardner and Richards, authors of Manifesta wrote, “It is not feminism’s goal to control any woman’s fertility, only to free each woman to control her own.” (p.39). Moreover, with Third Wave feminists already inheriting a foothold of institutional power created by the Second Wave feminists, a large amount of women studies programs at universities, long-standing feminist organizations, and well established media outlets and academic journals have been created supporting the topics discussed above. Betty Friedan also thought that a women should not have any special treatment due to her gender, she also warns these women that out there in the professional world there will be discrimination, but it is up to them to fight it and to not be quiet. “In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated as second-class citizens. It would be a great service to tell girls who plan to work in society to expect this subtle, uncomfortable discrimination-tell them not to be quiet, and hope
After the war had ended, we then see women …show more content…
It is for certain that this wave of feminism was the most diverse and individualist up to date. The movement of the Third Wave focused less on the laws and political process and more on individual identity. With the First and Second Wave of feminism already granting women the right to vote, right to work, greater rights to one’s body, and greater rights to education we see the Third Wave focus on stereotypes against women and in media portrayals of women along with language used to describe them. Along with that, Third-Wave feminists wanted to transform the traditional notions of sexuality and embrace “an exploration of women’s feelings about sexuality that includes vagina-centered topics as diverse as orgasm, birth and rape.” (Snyder vol. 1) As Baumgardner and Richards, authors of Manifesta wrote, “It is not feminism’s goal to control any woman’s fertility, only to free each woman to control her own.” (p.39). Moreover, with Third Wave feminists already inheriting a foothold of institutional power created by the Second Wave feminists, a large amount of women studies programs at universities, long-standing feminist organizations, and well established media outlets and academic journals have been created supporting the topics discussed above. Betty Friedan also thought that a women should not have any special treatment due to her gender, she also warns these women that out there in the professional world there will be discrimination, but it is up to them to fight it and to not be quiet. “In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated as second-class citizens. It would be a great service to tell girls who plan to work in society to expect this subtle, uncomfortable discrimination-tell them not to be quiet, and hope