Feminism, The Global Struggle
Against The Current vol. 139
Bose, Purnima
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2076
Date Written: 2009-03-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2009
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13496
Coming to feminist consciousness in the early 1980s, I belong to a generation of U.S. feminists caught between the second and third “waves” of the movement. The activist energy of second-wave feminism was inspiring indeed. It challenged the ideological presuppositions of heteronormative patriarchy, established some legal protection against discrimination in the workplace and educational institutions, and enabled a significant percentage of women to enter the ranks of the professional-managerial class.
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