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by Bloed... on stand-by on November 3rd, 2008
You really have to see this issue in a cultural and political perspective. It was not so long ago that women weren't even allowed to vote. The place of women was in the kitchen and in the house as a mother, and they could not make their own choices. They where really second hand citizens, controlled by a dominant male culture. There where no women in high places in society, because no man would take them even seriously. A woman had to listen to her man and be mainly productive in giving childbirth. Aside fromn that, she was considered to be a hysterical emotional being, with less intelligence.
The word feminism comes from that era. Women wanted to have more power over their own lives, and been seen as equal, and have all equal chances that men also had. This needed a revolution back then. To be able to vote, work, and so on. This revolution was really about women gaining power over their own lives. Hence the word feminism.
In some cultures, today, it would be a great thing if a revolution like that would take place.
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Except the term didn't come into use until the 60s, when there had already been a century of hard work by pioneering women to get women the right to vote, and give them employment opportunities.
by Skirtsnhose on November 3rd, 2008