Third Wave Feminism

Feminism. By definition feminism is: the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men, or an organized movement for the attainment of such rights for women.

In class, we already declared that it's not just about being a female much like the definition points out, but we also talked about how men can be feminists and that doesn't mean that they are "girlie" or not masculine.

After our classroom discussion and the readings on Tuesday, I realized feminism isn't "radical" and "crazy". Yes, you have those over the top feminists, the stereotypical ones portrayed in shows like Portlandia and in the movies. 

Before Tuesday's class I didn't know there were more kinds of feminists besides that. I was naive in thinking they all were the same. The articles we read for class talked about a new wave of feminists. A type of "third wave" feminist, a woman who can wear high heels but also be a business professional.

There is no actual definition but author Sarah Banet-Weiser states that, "Third Wave feminism (or sometimes "girlie feminism") embraces the commercial media visibility and enthusiastically celebrates the power that comes with it.... Third Wave feminists politics are not only fundamentally different than Second Wave feminist politics, but because of the embrace of media visibility and the commercial world, as also more representative for a new generation of women."

I'm not saying that we have to take her word as the solid truth, because there is no solid definition, but this is a good base. Third Wave feminism is something I think my generation is wholeheartedly embracing and I know I look forward to changing the way the world views women, before I just didn't consider that feminism.