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TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY Feminism and Women's Rights Overview Feminism is the advocacy of Women’s rights on the basis of the equality of sexes. Feminism and Women’s rights movements started in 1843 and still continues today. There are different sorts of feminism such as Cultural, Eco, Liberal and Radical feminism. Radical Feminism Radical feminism is described as “a philosophy emphasizing the patriarchal roots of inequality between men and women, or, more specifically, social dominance of women by men” (Lewis). For Radical feminists patriarchy represents inequality, where men get privileges purely based on their sex. Due to the rivalry against patriarchy, radical feminists are very skeptical about many matters with the government. Unlike other types of feminist’s radical feminists are not “man-hating” they only want to dismantle patriarchy itself(Lewis). Many groups of feminists were formed when they were excluded from having equal power as men during the New left political movements of 1960’s. That is how radical feminists came to be./By alison Liberal Feminism Liberal feminists focus more on the workplace, in education and political rights. They consider it important for men and women both to have equal power in a relationship, and if kids are involved for the male figure to be more involved in the child’s life. “A liberal feminist main goal is to obtain gender equality” (Lewis) Liberal feminists want the same things as men get like an education, and to provide money to their family. A key goal for these feminists was the equal rights amendment which said, "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."(Lewis) and this was a huge liberal feminist example. Liberal Feminist recognize there is differences between men and women, anatomically, but this isn’t a reason to treat men as superior to women.//By alison Cultural Feminism Is the belief that there is a “female essence” or “Female core” in feminine such as childbirth and menstruation. Cultural feminist believe that classic male actions, such as aggressiveness, competitiveness, and domination, are harmful to society and to certain subjects within society, including business and politics. The first of the cultural feminist began as radical feminist. The separation of radical to cultural  begin in the 1970's when Brooke Williams  criticized cultural and distinguish it from its roots in radical feminism  The main use of this is to point out the crucial differences between men and women. That the differences are not chosen but are part of the essence of being a woman or man. Cultural feminism applauds creating a shared women’s culture or “sisterhood” for all women. (Shakel) Ecofeminism Ecofeminism is the combination of ecological and feminist affairs and the belief that both are the product of male supremacy in society. However ecofeminism is not just one entire movement it is a combination. It’s similar to a group of theories and thoughts that rose as part of a cultural movement. For instance, women are often the gatherers of food and water for their households which makes them apart of their land and its geography more than men. (Shakel)

This graph shows many problems women face and how they have manifested themselves through the years.

Citations: (Alison) Lewis, Jone Johnson. “What Is Liberal Feminism? How Does It Differ From Other Feminisms?” ThoughtCo, 30 Sept. 2017, www.thoughtco.com/liberal-feminism-3529177. Lewis, Jone Johnson. “What Is Radical Feminism?” ThoughtCo, 15 Aug. 2017, www.thoughtco.com/what-is-radical-feminism-3528997 (Shakel) JR,Thorpe. “What exactly is Ecofeminism?” Bustle, 22 April. 2016 Lewis, Jone Johnson. “What Is Cultural Feminism?” ThoughtCo, 14 March 2018