Feminism: from noble fight to radicalism?

 Nowadays, the feminist movement is growing fast and taking another path according to the women and men we have met and discussed. 

Feminists protesting Image credit: Contretemps.com

The feminism movement was originally intended to defend women’s rights in society whereby several topics have been evoked, like : abortion, the choice of her partner, the opinion of women in all sectors etc. Unfortunately, we're noticing that, this movement has turned to a radical movement. 

And this radicalism is mostly practicing by the so-called Android generation women « The children born from "2000" and above ». Let's discover the origin of feminism. 

History of feminism

The term «feminism» has long been wrongly attributed to Charles Fourier. It was first used in the 1870s by the medical profession to describe an affection, affecting men with a virile, effeminate body. 

In 1872, Alexandre Dumas Jr., ironically used it to describe women’s rights advocates, writing in his book L'Homme-femme: «Feminists, give me this neologism, say: All the evil comes from what one does not want to recognise that the woman is the equal of the man, that it must be given the same education and the same rights as to the man».

The term was repeated in 1882 and popularized by feminist activist Hubertine Auclert, the first self-proclaimed «feminist», who gave it to the modern sense of struggle for women’s rights. It spread in Europe in the last decade of the nineteenth.

Feminism is a set of political, cultural and social movements and ideologies whose objective is to promote equality between women and men by defending women’s rights, on the fundamental principle that men and women are equal and should be considered equal in society.

However, the ideas of women’s liberation and emancipation take their roots in the Enlightenment and are based on older movements or struggles in other historical contexts.

The first feminist wave

The main objective of the «first feminist wave» which began in the middle of the 19th century was that men and women become equal.

The second feminist wave

This wave of feminism came at the end of the 1960s with the birth of the «Women’s Liberation Movement» (MLF) and Women’s Lib, has developed several concepts that aim to reflect the specificity of the relationship of domination exercised by men over women.

The third feminist wave

Since the 1990s, the term «third wave of feminism» has been used to describe a wide range of demands expressed by feminist activists from minority groups, in the wake of Black feminism.

Previously neglected such as disabled people, homemakers, racialized people, sex workers and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

To conclude, Feminists have done a remarkable work in society this fight has opened the eyes of many people, but, we must also acknowledge that the ideology was poorly managed. Surely, they did not think about the consequences. This mess, destroyed families, homes, children etc. Europe is the perfect example!. concerning the mess. 

In the next article, we will discover how feminists have been fooled by lobbies.😂😜

 

Loïck Mfumu Loubassa Mossipy