Feminism as a subculture

Thesis

Feminist scholars divided feminism into three different categories. The first movement dealt with women suffrage, the second centred on inequality laws as well as cultural laws and the third is a continuation of what was never achieved by the previous movements. Feminism has become a subculture because not all women still support it. Some women of today found flaws in the beliefs of the feminism culture which no longer good for them. At first the feminist movements were very powerful and their goals were really genuine but today it has become a subculture of women who hate marriage and who still feel men wants to dominate them

First topic

If we view the women's suffrage we see domestic violence and rape being the object of discussion between men and women. Women and children were being abused and had no protection. They were not allowed to work. They belonged to the home thus bearing children and looking after them. Men would even abandon the mother and child. Men dominated women in this era.

Second Topic

We see women have now fought inequality and are now working. Discrimination and segregation is now being practised in the workplace and even in homes. Women get less wages for the same job done by men. There is no maternity leave or pay. Top jobs are for men. During the world wars we see women doing the mens job and when they come back all women are forced to stop working and give the men their jobs back

Third topic

The third movement managed to iron out most of the discrimation and segregation. Governments were forced to amend the discriminatory laws and women now enjoy the same benefits as men. Some women have moved form the feminist group because some of the beliefs being put down by feminist affect marriages and children.


Conclusion

Feminist scholars have seen the changes which took place from the first movement to the last and this is why they put feminism in three categories. Feminism has now grown from a movement to a subculture because some of its goals were achieved and those left behind will take time to be accepted by men. Some of these differences were caused by creation.