||This article is written like a personal reflection or opinion
essay rather than an encyclopedic description of the subject.
(April 2010)| |Part of a series on| The feminist movement (also
known as the Women's Movement, Women's Liberation, or Women's
Lib) refers to a series of campaigns for reforms on issues such
as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave,
equal pay, women's suffrage, sexual harassment, and sexual
violence, all of which fall under the label of feminism. The
movement's priorities vary among nations and communities and
range from opposition to female genital mutilation in one
country or to the glass ceiling in another. The movement began
in the western world in the late 19th century and has gone
through three waves. First-wave feminism was oriented around the
station of middle- or upper-class white women and involved
suffrage and political equality. Second-wave feminism attempted
to further combat social and cultural inequalities. Third-wave
feminism includes renewed campaignin