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Cara: First Edit- Cleaning Up the First Two Headings
(I fixed a view sentences along with take out some of the information because it seemed as if it had too much information that was not important to the overall topic. By cleaning the paragraph up it allows for the reader to be able to see the most important information in an easy way. A lot of the information under feminist theory did not seem to have a big impact in feminist Sociology so I removed a few sentences Also there were sections that were not specific enough for Wikipedia guide lines and did not have a source so I removed them.)

Cara: Second Edit- Adding a Section on Historical Context of Feminist Sociology
(Will be under feminist theory)

The study of sociology had been mostly androcentric up until the 1970's, when sociological thinking began to shift to focus on women, as well. In 1963s, the Equal Pay Act, which was signed by John F. Kennedy, outlawed the wage disparity based on sex (Grady)[2]. The Equal Pay Act was one of the first ways that the United States began to shift its mentality about women’s rights, and how women should be treated in the workplace, and in society. In the 1970s, many women fought for the right to dictate what happens to their body, such as establishing legal abortions, as well as making forced sterilization illegal (Grady)[3]. This shifted how Americans saw women, and the country began changing to allow women to have more control over their bodies.

This social shift led to a change in attitude over bodily autonomy, and boundaries within the workplace, and throughout life. Beginning in the mid 1990's, women began to come forward with sexual harassment complaints and sexual assault allegations against their male counterparts, which led to a movement of drastically increased amounts of women taking a stance against sexual violence, leading to society recognizing there is a fundamental problem concerning sexual harassment (Grady)[4]. This, in turn, led to another movement in recent years called the “Me Too Movement” that led many women to coming forward with their own stories and encounters, showing the scope that sexual harassment affects women across the world.

(We decided to include this paragraph to give more background on the topic along. The wikipedia page did not include good information on Feminist Sociology besides the definition so we felt like it needed background to have a better understand for the reader.)

Cara: Third Edit- Adding a Section on Modern Figures Impact on Feminist Sociology
(Will be under Historical Context)

Malala Yousafzai is the youngest holder of the Nobel Peace Prize, which she received in 2014 for fighting and risking her life so that all girls would have the right to an education (Nobel Prize Facts)[5]. Malala Yousafzai grew up in Pakistan and was educated at her father's school. In her country, it was rare for girls to get an education and join the workforce. When Malala was 11 years old, her country was overtaken by the Taliban, a radical Islamic group, who began forcing women out of schools (Yousafzai)[6]. Malala started her protest by speaking out against this law and rallying for all girls to have the right to an education. This made her a target of the Taliban and at the age of 15, she was shot point blank in an attempt to silence her activist views (Yousafzai)[7]. She survived and gained popularity around the world. Now she promotes feminism in areas that need it most, focusing on women’s education and encouraging women to progress in the workforce, especially in the Middle East.

Jameela Jamil is an activist as well as an actress who uses her platform to spread positive messages about women, such as pushing to end body shaming (Gerogis)[8]. She has discussed how issues such as photoshopping and airbrushing women’s photos have a toxic impact on young girls and can lead to eating disorders. She believes the media needs to represent how women truly look and celebrate this. Jameela Jamil has even criticized other influencers who claim to be spreading body positivity by promoting false dieting pills and altering their photos (Dickison)[9]. She is fighting to ban apps that alter appearances because she believes this hurts young girls’ mental health and decreases body positivity.

Emma Watson is a British actress and feminist who uses her platform to spread awareness about women’s equality. She has been given the title of UN Goodwill Ambassador (Cole)[10]. She has created the HeforShe movement, which aims to get men to join the initiative to fight for women’s equality (Cole)[10]. In her speech to the United Nations in 2014, she spoke about her actions to fight women’s inequality and how men and women need to stand together to go against this issues (Cole)[10]. Watson is an advocate for men and women to be treated equally.

(We included this section to discuss figures who have impacted the Feminist Sociology recently. The current page did not include activist who are currently impacting the topic. This gives good information and context to people interested in the topic to learn about people who have made a difference.)

Cara Fourth Edit- Adding a paragraph about Feminist Critiques of Multiculturalism
(This will be included in the current section about Feminist Critiques of Multiculturalism)

Feminists have many critics who are in favor of the idea of multiculturalism. These critics believe that feminists should not push their views on other cultures because it forces western ideas on others. Feminists around the world argue that men are mistreating women in other countries, but the male elites around that world would justify their infringement on women’s rights by passing it off as part of their culture (Moller Okin)[15]. People with feminist ideals do not care about the backlash they get from world leaders and other countries. They believe that violations of women’s rights should be prohibited all around the world, and their mission is to rid all cultural excuses for women’s oppression (Moller Okin)[16].

(The current paragraph was very vague and did not explain well the actual tension and reasoning to how there would be conflict between feminist and the idea of multiculturalism. This extra paragraph sums up the information more and would be a good addition to small paragraph there already is.)

Work Cited
Cole, Nicki Lisa (March 29, 2019). "Emma Watson's 2014 Speech on Gender Equality". ThoughtCo.

Dickson, E. J. (2018-12-04). "How Jameela Jamil built a brand around body positivity". Vox. Retrieved 2019-05-02.

Giorgis, Hannah (2018-12-05). "Jameela Jamil and the Trouble With #NoFilter Feminism". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-05-02.

Grady, Constance (2018-03-20). "The waves of feminism, and why people keep fighting over them, explained". Vox. Retrieved 2019-05-02.

Nobel Prize facts. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2019. Thu. 2 May 2019. < https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/facts/nobel-prize-facts >^

Okin Moller, Susan “Feminism and Multiculturalism: Some Tensions.” Ethics, vol. 108, no. 4, 1998, pp. 661–684. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/233846.

Okin Moller, Susan ‘‘Feminism, Women’s Human Rights, and Cultural Differences,’’ Hypatia, vol. 3 (1998), in press.

Yousafzai, Malala, et al. I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood up for Education and Changed the World. Thorndike Press, a Part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.