First Wave: 1848 - 1920
- 1848: Seneca Falls Convention
- Suffrage
- Political rights / legal equality
- Made on the ground to sameness to men: “Women are just as capable as men to do X.”
- 1920: 19th amendment
Second Wave: Post-WWII - 1980s
- Social / economic rights: equal pay, education, health, reproductive rights
- Difference (from men)
- Sex wars: pornography, sex work, BDSM, etc.
Third Wave: 1990 - 2010
- Intersectionality
- Queer theory
- Gender Trouble
- Anita Hill
- Riot grrrl: addresses rape, domestic abuse, sexuality, racism, patriarchy, anarchism, etc.
Fourth Wave: (?)
- MeToo
- Women’s March
- Role of technology