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According to oxford dictionary it is the belief and aim that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men; the struggle to achieve this aim. The word 'Feminism' means right of women in the society. It is regarding the same rights and power as a man have and should be treated in the same way as men are treated. A movement was campaigned for this purpose and to achieve the aim of freedom to women, this movement is called feminist movement. This movement was to right vote, to work, to have equal salary as men, to own inherited property, education, as well as protection and security for women. In history it was the most successful campaign to bring social, economic and political changes in the status of women.
Feminist campaigns are generally considered to be one of the main forces behind major historical societal changes for women's rights, particularly in the West, where they are near-universally credited with having achieved women's suffrage, gender neutrality in English, reproductive rights for women (including access to contraceptives and abortion), and the right to enter into contracts and own property. This movement not only advocates women's rights but some feminists have focused on man's liberation too. Feminist movement not only protects the women's rights but aims to diminish the gender in equality in society for which various theories were issued for this purpose which are very helpful in the gender equality and overall social construction of society.
History
The word 'feminism and 'feminist' was first credited by Charles Fourier in 1837.The words "féminisme" ("féminisme") and "féminist" ("feminist") first appeared in France and the Netherlands in 1872, Great Britain in the 1890s, and the United States in 1910, and the Oxford English Dictionary lists 1852 as the year of the first appearance of "feminist" and 1895 for "feminism". These words have special purpose and goal in the field of culture and social rights. It was said to be that all the movements concerning women's rights should be considered as feminist movements. On one hand the historians had the view that all the movements concerning women's rights should be considered as feminist movements whether they apply the term to themselves or not, on the other hand historians asset that...