What is the future of feminism?

The women's movement has an “equality” problem. Last semester, I asked my college students to define “feminism.” Everyone bandied about the word “equality”—“equality for women,” “equality for all genders,” “equality in the workplace. read more

All forms of radical feminism are likely to be extinct in future. Although the third wave feminism is a result of the failure of second wave feminism, it has been the victim of successes of first wave and second wave feminism. Any movement needs new goals to be survived when its previous goals are already fulfilled. read more

In the age of celebrity feminism and performative male feminists, the idea that feminism is about “equality for all genders” has become increasingly fashionable. And yet, to me, nothing says misogyny like defining feminism as equality for all—as if focusing a movement, or policy, or activism on women alone is taboo. read more

Feminism needs to include this style of diversity because in order to fight the patriarchy for everyone it affects, all different types of people need to be involved. I hope this is the future of feminism because the more variance the movement has the better chance of changing societal norms and prejudices there will be. read more