Women today’s
adaptation of what feminism is has changed greatly over the last forty years.
In the early 1970’s the women’s feminist movement centered around a women’s
right to personal privacy, when It related to the sexual realm. Chiefly this
issue identified itself with a women’s right to decide on whether, or not, a
woman could have an abortion if she chose. In a roundabout sense, women have
been contesting this issue in one way or another since the European middle
ages. When the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade it signified a great victory
for the women’s right movement. A bi product of that victory was a great
increase in the volume of feminist works to examine. With the increasing volume
of work came the views of many different women, with unique stories to share
which would shape modern day feminism. In the reading that’s due 2/25 we read
about a woman who basically shares her opinion, which is based from her own
anecdotal experience, about how she believes in a women’s right to choose, but
does not support women’s clinics like, Planned Parenthood, etc. She shares with
the reader how she had her last abortion by drinking a concoction of herbs to induce
an abortion. Her desires for privacy, and a noninvolvement of a government
entity signify the new places modern feminism are exploring. The process had to
begin somewhere, but in the last forty years has grown into a large field where
opinions and ideas are shared to create a continuously changing definition of
feminism.
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