Historical and cultural history
From the three great waves of American feminism we can locate the female liberation within the second wave in the 1960s.” The first wave gave as a product the possibility of vote female and although the group of feminists continue to fight, there was not such a big wave until the 1960s’ where several events were accumulated.
During the 1960s, before the search for equality between the rights of men and women, female liberation arose. He starred the woman as a social issue. In 1949 the book “The Second Sex” by Simone de Beauvoir is published in France, which reaches the United States for the year 53”. A book that expresses how women were treated throughout history: in a background, after man. Here comes a very well-known phrase from feminism that says: “One is not born, but becomes a woman.”
In the year 63' Betty Friedan, write the book The Feminine Mystique"where she incorporates interviews to women and talks about “the problem that has no name”, That is, expressed through research that carried out, the unhappiness of women who lived within their own spheres as housewives and their differences with the other sphere, the other reality, that of men. After the success that this book generated, they join many more women and expand the disconformity thus forming the second wave.
The emergence of female liberation
That same year, John F. Kennedy proceeded from Law of Salary Equality and creation of contraceptive pills It was some of the events that contributed to female liberation. Women felt more empowered and free to make decisions about their sexuality and motherhood, which motivated them to seek change in socially preestablished attitudes and situations due to their gender. In addition, during this period, other movements such as the civil rights of the African American population and the gay movement were also occurring in parallel.Another aspect that influences the role of women was the War of the 20th century: these have caused men to fight and in the countries are women in charge of their work to sustain the economy. When they returned these women no longer wanted to end up in their homes to look after their children. A new empowerment and re-enforcement of the female role emerges. In the 1950s the woman was very recognized and stereotyped as a housewife, mother, obedient, good wife and devotee to give pleasure to man. “The perfect woman”. La appearance I was happy. With time coThey merged to feel empty, with no real purpose to life: they wanted to start contributing as their husbands, parents and brothers. In 1968 they adopted a strategy of awareness to change the image women had about themselves and society. Generate more autonomy, confidence, freedom. Leaving from the male figure and from the pharmacist society little by little.
Over time, they created support groups for sexually abused women, health programs, demanded equality in education and work and fought the stereotyping image that had been imposed on the female figure. They didn't come back anymore. In 1966, NOW was created: National Organization of Woman, a grouping that struggles with feminist causes.
In 1973, the report that I carried out a feminist sexologist named Shere Hite on female sexuality and how, the 3000 women who interviewed only 30% had said they had orgasms for penetration. By ende It is put into play the almost necessary role of the male figure for pleasure and snakes life the idea of chronologically, the female organ dedicated exclusively to pleasure. Nothing will ever do the same for women or men.
Simone de Beauvoir defined feminism as “a way of living individually and fighting collectively.” This applies until today, where the little struggles become big and a voice matters, many, nor do I tell you.
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