13. Discuss how the three waves of feminism are each trying to build on, and address shortcomings in, the earlier waves' treatment of gender polit...

The first wave feminist is a post-waver for equal rights. It is fighting against a patriarchal framework with political concerns for basic human and civil rights. The first waver wants the truth. S/he is fighting for women to be able to still vote and be elected. It is purely quantitative. The first waver wants to make sure women have the ability to do as many things possible - everything would be the goal. They do not approve of images of women being oppressed or controlled. They just care about the basic levels of human existence.

The second wave feminist feels that what the first wave feminst is fighting for is still not enough. The second wave feminst stands for quality of life and quality of rights. It is, therefore, qualitative based. They are concerned with equal funding, equal pay for equal work (title ix). For example, if there are sports for boys, there must be sports for girls. They are concerned with how the woman is portrayed: female stereotypes, female sexuality, and female expression. They believe women must be recognized as human beings and be respected not objectified. It is more than what the Constitution says (victim center perspective).

The third wave feminist goes beyond that. The belief is that society can't judge or limit women - restricting female agency. The third wave feminist is reclaiming/ appropriating signifiers of dominance in women. Women are potentially fully empowered to make their own choices. This is access to quality and quantity - political correctness. It is the idea of empowerment and getting everything they want. They are taking back what the old movement took away from them - egorecognition and using words to self reflect.

This image I attached onto this blog would be an example of a third wave feminist - based on the words - because the reputation or stereotype of femininity would be domesticity - cooking as one of the elements of domesticity. Third wavers would say that this image stands for what they believe in because society should not judge based on stereotypes - they can't limit women as one way or nothing. There are many types of women out there and therefore the steretype that still exist does not represent the female population.