The Feminist Movement: The Women's Liberation Movement

The Feminist Movement is also known as Women’s Liberation Movement or only the Feminism which is a series of important events in the history related to women’s rights and females' improvements. The political campaigns run on the issues related to domestic violence on women's, reproductive issues, equal pay, maternity leave, women’s suffrage, sexual abuse and sexual harassment. The priorities of feminist movement varied among various nations and communities; the two popular movements proletarian movement and liberation movement are also a part of a women's movement. Both address towards the equal rights of women(Philosophical Trends in Feminist Movement,2014).

In the western world, the feminist movement has gone through three waves; the first

The work of Simon de Beauvoir helped women to start the Feminist Movement with the formation of Women’s Liberation Movement. The movement contained ambitious women who wanted to turn their ideas into reality; the women were able to get few education rights, right to vote or right to get a job. (Philosophical Trends in Feminist Movement,2014) The banning of abortion and contraception was the most important issue faced by the movement; this was a real violation of women’s rights in a civilized society. A declaration was made by women known as de Manifests de 343 which was signed by 343 women who had the illegal abortion. In 1971, the women got rights to abort again. (Philosophical Trends in Feminist

Crystal Eastman wrote an article in 1918 in which she wrote that birth control is the fundamental right of women and it is necessary for women if they want to participate in the modern world actively. Women have the right to control the size of their families, and there are not single women in the confines of this city who does not believe in the importance of birth control. (1963: The Beginning of Feminist Movement,2013) The Feminist Movement challenged the social, political and cultural beliefs of the dominant culture. The antecedents of the Feminist movements were found in the 18th century when the seeds of the modern women's rights movement were planted. It is a notable fact that the women who belonged to the more stable and privileged background made the first efforts towards the woman's surface and were able to dedicate energy and their time to make the change possible in the society. The Feminist Movement benefitted the women of upper and middle class both. (1963: The Beginning of Feminist