Definition

Feminism - the belief in the social, economic,

and political equality of the sexes. Although largely originating in the West, feminism is manifested worldwide and is represented by various institutions committed to act on behalf of womens rights and interests.
(Encyclopedia Brittanica http://www.britannica.com)

Beginnings...
Mary Wollstonecraft (1792) A Vindication of the Rights of Women

Waves of feminism
First-wave feminism (1840s and 1850s) ~ suffrage Second-wave feminism (1960s) ~ Womens Liberation Movement
(WLM)

Third-wave feminism (1990s) ~ race and gender

Theories
Liberal feminism ~ Wollstonecraft, Friedan ~ Public sphere Socialist feminism ~ End of economic sources of womens oppression

 Radical feminism ~ Theory of patriarchy ~ Sexual revolution

Questions
Do you think that we are or may be in a fourth wave of feminism?
If you had lived during the First wave of feminism, would you fight for womens rights? Is tendency to be a lady outdated?