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FEMINIST EFFECTS ON SOCIETY

                                                                                                                             - Monika Dhull

INTRODUCTION

The feminist movement has effected change in Western society, including women's suffrage; greater access to education; more equitable pay with men; the right to initiate divorce proceedings; the right of women to make individual decisions regarding pregnancy (including access to contraceptives and abortion); and the right to own property. According to Harvard Psychology Professor Steven Pinker, feminism has decreased domestic violence against men by lowering their odds of being killed by a female sexual partner by six times. Fourth-wave feminism, on the other hand, has coincided with major rises in male abuse and femicide towards women, most of which has been interpreted as a backlash.

CIVIL RIGHTS

Women's rights activism in the United States and the United Kingdom has seen mixed results since the 1960s. Other EEC members decided to ensure that discriminatory laws were phased out across the board.

Some feminist advocacy has led to a change in societal views of child sexual exploitation. Men's responsibility for their own actions was replaced by the view that young girls cause men to have sexual intercourse with them.

PATRIARCHY

Patriarchy is a patriarchal structure in which male power figures are central to society. Fathers have control over women, children, and property in this system. It is based on female subordination and implies male law and privilege institutions. Patriarchy is defined by most manifestations of feminism as an oppressive social structure that oppresses women. The patriarchal distinction "between masculinity and femininity is the political contrast between equality and subjection," according to Carole Pateman.

Patriarchy is a term used often in feminist theory to refer to all social forces that reproduce and maintain male superiority over women. Patriarchy is usually defined by feminist theory as a social construction that can be resolved by exposing and critically examining its manifestations. Separatism, according to some radical feminists, is the only realistic option because patriarchy is so deeply embedded in society. Some feminists have slammed these viewpoints as anti-male.

JURISPRUDENCE

Feminist jurisprudence is a field of law that explores the interaction of women and the law. It discusses the past of legal and social biases toward women, as well as how to improve their legal rights.

Feminist jurisprudence is a response to contemporary legal scholars' philosophical approach, which sees the law as a means of interpreting and perpetuating a society's normative, gender-neutral values. According to feminist legal scholars, this fails to consider women's values, legal interests, or the potential harms they may face.

REACTION

Feminism has elicited numerous responses from various groups of people, including both male and female supporters and critics. Support for feminist ideals is more common among both men and women than self-identification as a feminist. Feminism is also depicted negatively in the media, and feminists are "less often identified with day-to-day work/leisure habits of everyday women." However, as recent research has shown, people's self-identification with feminism rises as they are exposed to self-identified feminists and debates about different aspects of feminism.