Why did the meaning of feminism change?

The spirit of the definition of feminism hasn't really changed all that much. It has always been a fight for women's rights in some form or another. read more

FIRSTLY, the meaning of feminism may have changed in such a way that it has expanded due to recent accommodation for additional gender instead of just only two. Note, for example, how Susannah Weiss critiques the definition of Google. read more

Feminist. In 1895, the Oxford dictionary defined feminism as “advocacy of the rights of women (based on the theory of equality of the sexes).” It is now the year 2013 and although at its core, feminist principles have remained about the rights and equality of women, the connotation of the word has changed. read more

What I mean is that, if a change happened in the past, supporting it is a conservative stance by definition; you want to conserve the status quo. Whereas work yet to do is inherently liberal, demanding a change to the status quo. read more