The Second Wave of Feminism

Civil rights were largely pronounced in the ’50s and ’60s, but the change it brought about also influenced women’s rights. They played a significant role in civil rights organizations but often found themselves pushed aside by patriarchal ideas of male superiority. The second-wave feminist movement began in the early ‘60s and lasted two decades.

It aimed to increase gender equality for women in various areas, including domesticity, the workplace, reproductive rights, legal inequalities, and family. And as feminists challenged these issues, they also asserted that they have the same carnal desires as men. Some males couldn’t accept that, but it appealed to others.