second-wave feminism

E200025

feminist movement historical period social movement

Second-wave feminism was a broad feminist movement that emerged in the 1960s–1980s, focusing on issues such as workplace equality, reproductive rights, sexuality, and systemic gender discrimination beyond basic legal rights.

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Label	Occurrences
second-wave feminism canonical	18
women's liberation movement	2
second-wave feminism (intellectual context)	1
sexual revolution	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feminist movement ⓘ historical period ⓘ social movement ⓘ
aimsTo	achieve economic independence for women ⓘ challenge traditional gender roles ⓘ eliminate gender discrimination in law ⓘ expand reproductive freedom ⓘ transform social institutions ⓘ
coreConcept	consciousness-raising ⓘ gender as socially constructed ⓘ patriarchy as a system of power ⓘ women’s liberation ⓘ
criticizedFor	focus on white middle-class women ⓘ insufficient attention to class ⓘ insufficient attention to race ⓘ insufficient attention to sexuality diversity ⓘ
endTime	1980s ⓘ
focusesOn	beauty standards ⓘ domestic labor ⓘ economic equality ⓘ education access ⓘ family roles ⓘ legal equality beyond suffrage ⓘ marital rape ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ political representation ⓘ pornography ⓘ rape ⓘ reproductive rights ⓘ sexual harassment ⓘ sexuality ⓘ systemic gender discrimination ⓘ violence against women ⓘ workplace equality ⓘ
followedBy	third-wave feminism ⓘ
follows	first-wave feminism ⓘ
hasCause	New Left politics ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: civil rights movement perceived limits of legal equality achieved by first-wave feminism ⓘ post–World War II gender roles ⓘ
hasPart	Black feminist movement ⓘ surface form: Black feminism cultural feminism ⓘ lesbian feminism ⓘ liberal feminism ⓘ radical feminism ⓘ socialist feminism ⓘ
influenced	anti-discrimination law reforms ⓘ family law reforms ⓘ gender studies ⓘ third-wave feminism ⓘ women’s studies programs ⓘ workplace harassment policies ⓘ
influencedBy	Betty Friedan ⓘ New Left ⓘ Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ The Feminine Mystique ⓘ The Second Sex ⓘ antiwar movement ⓘ civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
mainRegion	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Western Europe ⓘ
slogan	the personal is political ⓘ
startTime	1960s ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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Emma Goldman → influenced → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies → influenced → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Adrienne Rich → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Male and Female → associatedWith → second-wave feminism ⓘ

"Respect" → associatedWithMovement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

subject surface form: Respect

this entity surface form: women's liberation movement

Nancy Fraser → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Suzanne Brøgger → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Simone de Beauvoir → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

The Second Sex → literaryMovement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

The Feminine Mystique → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Mary Catherine Bateson → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

this entity surface form: second-wave feminism (intellectual context)

A Room of One's Own → influenced → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Joanna Russ → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Germaine Greer → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

hippy movement → influenced → second-wave feminism ⓘ

this entity surface form: sexual revolution

Helen Gurley Brown → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Betty Friedan → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Blood, Bread, and Poetry → literaryMovement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Delphine Seyrig → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

Gerda Lerner → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ

this entity surface form: women's liberation movement

Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism → movement → second-wave feminism ⓘ