Feminism

Feminism

Feminism a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women or the movement aimed at equal rights for women. Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. The goals of feminism are to get women equal rights under the law and equal stature in society. It is the movement towards the social, political and economic equality of all people.

Objectives of Feminism 

To identify the existing power relationships in specific spheres- family, economy, political,

· To identify different forms of discrimination against women.

· To analyze the origin of subordinate status of women.

· To find out the causes of subordination status of women.

· To examine women’s social roles and subjection of women in society.

· To understand the nature of gender inequality.

·  To protect women and girls from domestic violence, sexual harassment, and sexual assault.

· To focus on Women’s rights-law, wage property, voting and reproductive rights.

 · To examine social construction of sex and gender