• anupama padhi

The second wave of feminism emphasizes upon women’s liberation movement, whose aim was achieving legal and social equality and specially ending discrimination between men and women.No particular boundary is observed in between the two waves except some addition of some new goals along with the continuation of the first wave of feminism which added a new term called second wave.The term first wave was coined in 1963,only after the need of the second and thereafter, it was named so.This name also differs from Julia Kriesteva to Maggie Humm.Julia calls this the ‘second phase’ in her essay, “Two Generations”, and Maggie Humm names it ‘the second wave’ in his book, A Readers’ Guide to Contemporary Feminist Criticism.The feminist criticism condensed much more deeply than the earlier, during the second wave letting in many more branches of feminism, and many more feminists with their new aesthetic and psychological experiences poured with advanced knowledge and their philosophies, keeping the motif of the upliftment of the women and harmony of the society bringing equality between men and women. It is also called as liberation movement, adding some new modes to it.The first wave of feministic movement brought a remarkable influence in the socio-political life of many nations.Political and economic parity were the main concerns by then and most of the claims of the first wave were complied and women education got an opportunity to be spread and simultaneously brought a remarkable change in the consciousness or the thought process in the women as well as in the society. Rejection of the one-sided religious bigotry giving priority to patriarchal society was another media they rebelled against to create a new culture and dimension.Besides all the above points,the second wave also included rape as an oppression over women during the second wave.

Second wave of feminism

"Second wave of feminism", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.106-109, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905B16.pdf

"Second wave of feminism", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp106-109, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905B16.pdf