Feminism

Feminism can be defined as a movement for social, cultural, political and economic equality of men and women. It gives enough information to every single women so that she can make a voice to live a life which is not discriminatory and which works within the principal of social, cultural, political and economic equality and independence. The term ‘feminism’ has many different uses and its meanings are often contested. For example, some writers use the term ‘feminism’ to refer to a historically specific political movement in the US and Europe; other writers use it to refer to the belief that there are injustices against women, though there is no consensus on the exact list of these injustices.

There are different varieties of feminism which are :-

Lesbian Feminism

Socialist Feminism

Traditional Marxist Feminism

Radical Feminism

Eco Feminism

Psychonalytic Feminism

Feminism and developing World

References:-

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-topics/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism