Feminism, Political Ideology of Feminism, Various Types of Feminism
(1) Introduction:
The advocacy of women rights on the ground of equality of sexes is called feminism. It is a range of social, political and ideological movement which establish the rights of women equal to men. The concept of feminism is not new. There are so many names who presented their lives for the freedom and equality of women until 2012. Four waves have been moved to highlight and protect the women rights against sexual harassment, violence, rape and domestic torture. There are different types of feminism and different theories in this regard.
(2) What is feminism?
(a) “The advocacy of women rights in the ground of equality of sexes is called feminism”.
(b) “The theory of political, economy and social equality of sexes is called feminism”.
(c) “The belief that women and men should have equal rights and properties is called feminism”.
(3) Historical background:
The history of feminism is not new. The term feminism is credited to charts Fourier in 1937. The same concept was appears in France, Netherlands 1872. There are four different waves in which the concept of modern feminism movement flourished. Since the early 19th century like custody of infants act 1870 etc. promoted and protected the rights of women.
(4) Waves of feminism:
As discussed earlier there are four waves of feminism. The first wave was comprised on women’s steerage movement of 19th century. In this wave a strong campaign was launched by the sociologists to advocate right of women to cast vote. The second wave was based on the women’s liberation movement. It was started in early 1960s. Through this wave it was advocated by the feminized that women should have equal liberty to men. Third wave was launched in 1992. In this era a campaign to identify and characterized the individuality and diversity of women. The promoter of feminism views sought individuality. Fourth wave the latest and most recent movement was launched in 2012. In this wave slogan of ‘‘me do’’ was praised to combat sexual harassment, violence against women, rape culture and domestic torture.
(5) Feminist theory:
The feminist theory aims to understand gender in equality and forces on gender politics power relations and sexuality. There are so many concepts and movements to promote the feminist theory. Remain purpose of this theory is to promote equality a woman right to cast vote and right to be elected, right to work right to get education , right to security, right to liberty, and right to make money etc. All the movements though have been presented from different areas. By different persons in different achievements, but the purpose of all movements are almost same.
(6) Right of women in Islam:
Islam being a complete code of life has presented complete guidelines towards feminism. In Islam the respect of Islam as much as the paradise is declared under the feet of mother. During the life of our beloved prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) women activity participated in wars, prayed, business and education. Even the first wife of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) was Hazrat Khadija ((RA) who was a strong business woman further the most reliable content of Hadith and Islamic juries prudence was narrated to Hazrat Ayesha (RA).
(7) What are the main features of feminism?
a) Women are equal to men
b) Women may perform equal to men
c) To educate a woman is equal to educate a society
d) No society can progress by ignoring its half population e.g. women
e) Women are participating are equally to men
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