Feminism and Social Identity

Author(s)	Prof. Dr. Soumita Das
Country	India
Abstract	Feminism broadly can be understood as a form of cultural critique that stems from the knowledge of deep-seated prejudice based on gender that underlie and govern all spheres of the social system. Emerging from nineteenth-century social reform movements such as abolitionism and civil rights activism, feminism gained momentum during the Women’s Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The first wave of feminism focused on securing legal and political rights for women. The second wave identified gender hierarchy as the central source of oppression and emphasized sexual freedom and emancipation. The third wave broadened feminist perspectives by recognizing differences among women based on race, class, and ethnicity, while also questioning earlier feminist assumptions.Feminist theory evolves against this backdrop providing the direction and necessary theoretical foundation to the movement, while in turn getting shaped by it. Today, feminism is multidisciplinary and diverse, engaging with theories such as Marxism, psychoanalysis, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, eco-criticism, and postmodernism.
Keywords	Gender, feminism, society, cultural stereotyping
Discipline	Sociology
Published In	Volume 4, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-02-15

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