Feminism

=== Waves ===
The history of the modern western feminist movement is divided into multiple "waves".<ref name="Humm">{{Cite book|last=Humm|first=Maggie|title=The Dictionary of Feminist Theory|publisher=Columbus: Ohio State University Press|year=1995|isbn=978-0133553895|pages=251}}</ref><ref name="Walker1992">{{cite magazine |last=Walker |first=Rebecca |title=Becoming the Third Wave |magazine=[[Ms. (magazine)|Ms.]] |date=January–February 1992 |pages=39–41}}</ref><ref name=Chamberlain2017>{{cite book|last=Chamberlain|first=Prudence|title=The Feminist Fourth Wave: Affective Temporality|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8AIkDwAAQBAJ|year=2017|publisher=Springer|location=Cham|isbn=978-3-319-53682-8}}</ref>

The [[First-wave feminism|first]] comprised women's suffrage movements of the 19th and early-20th centuries, promoting women's right to vote. The [[Second-wave feminism|second wave]], the [[women's liberation movement]], began in the 1960s and campaigned for legal and social equality for women. In or around 1992, a [[Third-wave feminism|third wave]] was identified, characterized by a focus on individuality and diversity.<ref name="Suffragettes to Grrls">{{cite book |last1=Krolokke |first1=Charlotte |first2=Anne Scott |last2=Sorensen |title=Gender Communication Theories and Analyses: From Silence to Performance |year=2005 |publisher=Sage |isbn=978-0-7619-2918-5 |page=24 |chapter=Three Waves of Feminism: From Suffragettes to Grrls}}</ref> Additionally, some have argued for the existence of a [[Fourth-wave feminism|fourth wave]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=feminism - The fourth wave of feminism |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/feminism/The-fourth-wave-of-feminism|access-date=29 November 2021|website=Britannica }}</ref> starting around 2012, which has used [[social media]] to combat [[sexual harassment]], [[violence against women]] and [[rape culture]]; it is best known for the [[Me Too movement]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Feminism: The Fourth Wave|url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/issues/feminism-the-fourth-wave/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804075911/https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/issues/feminism-the-fourth-wave/|archive-date=4 August 2019|access-date=21 May 2019|website=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]}}</ref>