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Women throughout history were often not seen as equals and this led an impact on access to healthcare, education, and even job opportunities. Even as progress was made a poor women may not have the same opportunity to reproductive care as a women from an upper-class family. This can be seen prominently when looking at the emergence of liberal feminism. This feminist theory primarily focused on the upper middle class white woman when it emerged.

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The concept that gender was seen as a deficit or disqualified an individual from being capable of something now seems uncanny. Prior to the women’s movement that wasn’t the case and often even now those long-rooted mindset comes to light. The women’s movement was all about challenging being seen or given less purely because of gender.

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Throughout history education was not always accessible or prioritized for women. This was one of the many things determined by gender that was restricted for women. Equal access to education is one of the priorities of the women’s movement from a Liberal feminist perspective.

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Access to safe abortion and contraception has only become a norm of recent years. Even in light of the overturning of Roe V. Wade, reproductive rights and care have made huge progress compared to the access of previous generations. This is thanks to the movements throughout the 1960’s that pushed for women to have more control over their bodies. Reproductive rights is seen as the subject of the 4th wave of feminism, a movement believed to be taking place now in current events.

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Domestic Violence is not an issue that only impacts women although it does see a much higher prevalence of female victims. The Women’s Movement was about challenging the way women are perceived and empowering them. Part of that empowerment was encouraging women to speak up and not be afraid.

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Unfortunately, here in the U.S. our laws provide a longer time for a puppy to be with its mother than a women to return to work after giving birth. Maternity leave was one of the many priorities of the women movement. In the 1960’s a woman was expected to lose her job to go give birth with no security of returning to work after having her child

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Men have been statistically throughout history drastically more likely to get jobs over women regardless of qualifications. Which only enlarges the wrong societal view that men are more capable than women to perform at high level jobs due to lack of representation. Liberal feminism places a large focus on a quality achieved in the workforce.

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For a long time, women have been seen as less than. They’ve been seen as not as capable as the men. And sexism, whether implicit or explicit, only encourages and allows behaviors that further support the idea that women are on an overall lower level than men. This idea continues to be challenged by the feminist movement, whose goal is to fight for equal rights.

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Women have been a sexually targeted group all throughout history. From the colonial era to today’s date. Thankfully, there have been a large number of movements throughout time to fight for justice for those who have suffered from sexual harassment. However, even though there have been great steps taken in the right direction, like the #metoo movement, there is still plenty of stories to be shared and to bring justice to.

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In our society women’s bodies are talked about with or without consent. People often feels like they have the right to comment on the way a woman looks, this, amongst other factors, leads to the non-consensual sexualization of women. This is another method in which society conditions women. The ideal body image is a standard often made by men to appease men. Society tells women that if they do not adhere to this image than they are lacking and unattractive. Society also tells women that only attractive woman will have happy lives.

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Women are marginalized by almost every side of their behavior, their sexual orientation being one of them. A woman not being attracted to men can be seen as one of the biggest offenses to society in the eyes of a lot of people. Queer feminism pioneers the idea that one's biological organs and sexual orientation do not determine whether one identifies as a woman or not. This theory finds its roots in radical feminism.

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In the 1950s even after suffrage was achieved women were still not legally independent of their husbands. To marry was to associate your entire identity with your husband. Women weren't even allowed to apply for library cards without their husband's signature.

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Society is the number one endorser of women being seen as less than men. Not only that, historically every step we take forward we are fought back due to social belief systems.  From birth we are conditioned to fulfill specific rules, girls are given pink dresses and baby dolls, while boys are given blue pants and toy cars.

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Often ancient practices and beliefs fueling religion empower believers to only value one point of view. They see the world solely through that belief system and are unwilling to support any other lifestyle that may challenge their beliefs. There is also a lot of money and politics that play a part with many religions which impact the progress of many women’s issues.

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Patriarchy is a system of society, or government, in which men have the highest power. Radical feminists believe that the patriarchy is responsible for the oppression of women. They believe that the patriarchy must be overthrown in order for women to be liberated.

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Capitalism is the pursuit of making money. In Marxist feminism capitalism is believed to be the root cause of women's oppression. This theory states that capitalism thrives best when women are isolated in the private sphere. In this capacity women perform unpaid care labor by maintaining the house and raising the children. Capitalism benefits from this as women produce and rear the emerging workforce, absorb their husbands’ frustration from being exploited by capitalism, and are present as a cheap emergency workforce ready to step up should men ever go on strike.

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The feminist movement is historically rife with race issues, white women for recorded to have forsaken their colored sisters for the sake of the middle-class white woman. When campaigning for suffrage in the South, campaigning white woman would attempt to appease these southern men by engaging in racist behaviors. The feminine mystique, a popular book that sparked many feminist conversations in the 1950s, solely credits Betty Freidan, a white woman, ignoring the contributions of Pauly Murry, a colored woman.

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It cannot be stressed enough just how large a part government plays and the oppression of women. If you look back in history you will see that every society that had a form of government and participated in the subjugation of women would use the power of government to enact and enforce said subjugation. If you look back into the feudal era you can observe laws that prevented women from holding positions of power. Ancient Anatolia like many monarchies prohibited women from exerting ruling power. In current times we can look and see government trying to control women's bodies with the overturning of Roe V. Wade.

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Social media is a tool of the new generation. It allows for a faster and more widespread communication of the feminist agenda. This new tool of communication allows for the share of stories and experiences to the general population, with this feminists can bring to light those still suffering under oppression. It allows information on feminism and the feminist agenda to be accessible to a wider audience. Social media is useful in recruiting and educating young women about feminism and its importance. Social media has changed the look of the battlefield where feminism is now fought.

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It is no secret that women have been and are often still paid significantly less than men. The wage gap may have been narrowed and never fully closed even now. When looked at through the perspective of a Marxist feminist this is due to how capitalism benefits from underpaying women. This feminist theory also states that woman should be paid for labor performed in the house, such as looking after the children, cooking meals, doing laundry, etc.