Feminism Feminism Written in 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is one of the earliest works on " the woman question" and influenced the earliest feminists in England and America in the 19th century, primarily in their distancing themselves from the work due to the controversial life of its author. ...more on Wikipedia about "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
Amazon feminism is dedicated to the image of the female hero in fiction and in fact, as it is expressed in art and literature in the physiques and feats of female athletes, martial artists, and other powerfully built women, and in gender-related and sexual orientations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amazon feminism"
Amparo Poch y Gascón was a Spanish anarchist, doctor, and activist in the years leading up to and during the Spanish Civil War, was one of the founding members of the Mujeres Libres and was appointed director of social assistance at the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance by Federica Montseny. She was responsible for organizing the Mujeres Libres in Barcelona and used her government position to promote the establishment of liberatorios de prostitución (liberation homes for prostitutes, where prostitutes could receive health care, psychotherapy and professional training to enable them to acquire economic independence through socially acceptable means). While she sought to address the economic conditions that drove women into prostitution, her attitude towards prostitutes was paternalistic, viewing them as individuals to be saved, and this view was reflected in the program of the liberatorios. She worked to promote awareness about women's sexuality and advocated for sexual freedom and against monogamy and the sexual double standard. Unlike her co-founders in the Mujeres Libres, Lucía Sánchez Saornil and Mercedes Comaposada, she had been a member of the reformist treintista CNT before the war. She held a more essentialist view of women's nature, appealing to women as mothers and embracing motherhood as a natural, feminine state. She wrote extensively on the topic of motherhood, promoting an anarchist approach to child rearing. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amparo Poch y Gascón"
Anarcha-feminism combines anarchism with feminism. The term was coined, and the philosophy originated, during second-wave feminism in the 1960s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anarcha-feminism"
Androcentrism ( Greek ανδρο, andro-, "man, male", χεντρον, kentron, "center") is the practice, conscious or otherwise, of placing male human beings or the masculine point of view at the center of one's view of the world and its culture and history. The related adjective is androcentric. ...more on Wikipedia about "Androcentrism"
An antifeminist is one who opposes feminism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antifeminist"
Ariadna Vladimirovna Tyrkova-Williams ( November 13, 1869, Saint Petersburg - January 12, 1962, Washington, DC, Ariadna Borman during the first marriage) was a Russian liberal politician, journalist, writer and feminist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams"
"Barbie bondage" can refer to one of three concepts, depending on context. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barbie bondage"
The bearded woman has been a phenomenon of legend, curiosity, ridicule and more recently political statement. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bearded woman"
Born in Flames is a 1983 documentary-style feminist film by Lizzie Borden that explores racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism in an alternative United States Socialist Democracy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Born in Flames"
"Bounce Your Boobies" is a song written and performed by comedian Rusty Warren. A significant song in the feminist era of the 1960s, the song has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years as it is played every Friday on The Randi Rhodes Show on Air America Radio at the beginning of the program. Though the song has most famously been performed by Bette Midler, Rusty Warren performs the version used on The Randi Rhodes Show each Friday. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bounce Your Boobies"
Breasts Not Bombs is a grassroots political movement based in Mendocino County, California. The group focuses on the intersection between topfree equality and social justice through non-violent public protests involving street theatre and toplessness in order to bring attention to what they term the "immoral injustices of war, its torturous prisons and obscene profits". Activist and performance artist Sherry Glaser currently runs the group. ...more on Wikipedia about "Breasts Not Bombs"
Butch and femme are terms often used in the lesbian and gay subcultures to describe a person's approximate adherence to traditional masculine and feminine gender roles respectively, within a same-sex relationship, or to describe an individual generally. Femme is also frequently used in the transgender community, see En femme. ...more on Wikipedia about "Butch and femme"
Carol Downer is a feminist from the United States. She, along with Lorraine Rothman formed the Feminist Women's Health Center ** in 1971. Downer and Rothman promoted self-cervical exams and promoted non-professional abortions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carol Downer" Must see www.shortopedia.com
The Chatanika River Women's Colony in Alaska is an underdocumented social phenomenon pertaining to the second wave of feminism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chatanika River Women's Colony"
Christine de Pizan ( 1364 - 1430) was a remarkable medieval writer, rhetorician and critic, who strongly challenged misogynist thinking by successfully establishing her authority, even in the midst of the male-dominated realm of arts, as a female writer. De Pizan’s prolific writings, forty-one known pieces, written over her career of at least thirty years (1399-1429), earned her fame as Europe’s first professional woman writer (Redfern 74). In particular, her success stems from a wide range of innovative writing techniques that critically challenged renowned male writers who, to Pizan’s dismay, incorporated misogynist scrutiny within their literary works. Overall, de Pizan and her writings have been celebrated and embraced; she is seen as a feminist foremother who effectively utilized language to demonstrate that women, with distinctive abilities, could play an integral role within society. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christine de Pizan"
Koedukacyjna Unia Rewolucyjno-Wyzwoleńczo-Anarchistyczna ("co-ed revolutionary anarchist liberation union") is a radical Polish anarcho-feminist group, existing since 2000. It is one of the two anarcho-feminist organizations in Poland admitting male members. ...more on Wikipedia about "Co-ed Revolutionary Anarchist Liberation Union"
The Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional (National Mexican Women's Commission, abbreviated as CFMN), is a Chicano organization geared towards the political and economic empowerment of Hispanic women, particularly Chicanas, in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional"
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is an international convention adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women"
Cultural Feminism is the theory that there are fundamental personality differences between men and women, and that women's differences are special and should be celebrated. This theory of feminism supports the notion that there are biological differences between men and women. For example, "women are kinder and more gentle then men," leading to the mentality that if women ruled the world there would be no wars or that women are better child caregivers. Cultural feminism seeks to improve the relationship between the sexes and often the cultures at large by celebrating women's special qualities, ways, and experiences, often believing that the "woman's way" is the better way, or that the culture discussed is overly masculine and requires balance from feminine perspectives. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cultural feminism"
Cyberfeminism is a sub-movement of feminism that deals with female identity and feminist theory in the domain of ' cyberspace', i.e. computers, the internet and information technology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cyberfeminism" Come again to www.shortopedia.com Feminism
Cyborg feminism is a sub-movement of feminism that uses the notion of a cyborg, machine-organism hybrid, to explore feminism. It is often used as a metaphor for female identity and feminist thought or as a thought-experiment (eg. to investigate what happens to gender in a dehumanizing body). ...more on Wikipedia about "Cyborg feminism"
The Daughters of Frya are an all-female religious society currently based near Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. Deriving their beliefs and practices from a controversial 19th century Frisian manuscript known as the Oera Linda Book, they are said to have a worldwide membership of approximately four hundred. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daughters of Frya"
Difference feminism is a branch of feminism that stresses that men and women are essentially very different beings, instead of past feminisms of equality that stress a fundamental sameness between men and women in some way. Difference feminisms may have arisen due to issues with legislation - equality feminisms may have assured that women have gotten suffrage for one, as well as other rights, but for more important and influential changes (for example, medical related support), the assertion that women are different was necessary to make. Difference feminisms can stress either the assertion of a fundamental biological difference, or an emotional difference, or both. ...more on Wikipedia about "Difference feminism"
A double burden is the additional responsibity on modern women who hold jobs while attending to household matters (child care, chores, etc) at the same time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Double burden" www.shortopedia.com Dreamteam. shortopedia
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