Question

Match each type of feminism to the sentence that best characterizes its main ideas. Mainstream feminism mistakenly treats gender oppression as unified and experienced in the same way by al women.l Gender inequalities are mainly rooted in social and cultural attitudes, which need to be reformed. The oppression of stems directly from the system of patriarchy women in which we live. The category of "women" is a falsely essentialist category, failing to appreciate the plurality, diversity, and fluidness of reality.

Answer 1

Answer:

Liberal Feminism: Gender inequalities are mainly rooted in social and cultural attitudes, which need to be reformed.

Black Feminism: Mainstream feminism mistakenly treats gender oppression as unified and experienced in the same way by all women.

Radical Feminism: The oppression of stems directly from the system of patriarchy women in which we live.

Postmodern Feminism: The category of "women" is a falsely essentialist category, failing to appreciate the plurality, diversity, and fluidness of reality.

Explanation:

There are many different versions or waves of feminism in the history of this critique that draws attention to the gendered nature of our social system. Scholars generally divide American feminism into three waves or historical periods:  American first-wave feminism was the period that ended with passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, granting women the right to vote in 1920. Second-wave feminism of the 1960s-1980s was shaped by the Civil Rights Movement and focused on issues of equality and discrimination in the workplace. Third-wave feminism began in the early 1990s, as a response to the limitations of second wave feminism and its initiatives. The third wave of feminism tried to deepen its critique by challenging the definitions of femininity that emerged out of the second-wave and tries to account for more diversity. It is argued that second-wave and first-wave feminism over-emphasized the experiences of upper middle-class white women and eclipsed the experiences of women of color.