Feminist Criticism

Some common space in feminist theories:

• Biology determines our sex, but culture determines our gender
• Gender issues play a part in every aspect of human production and experience, including the production and experience of literature, whether we are consciously aware of these issues or not
• Feminism can be categorized in three waves: first wave that highlighted the inequalities between men and women from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries and called for women's suffrage, second wave calling for equal working conditions during the 1960s and '70s, and third wave feminism which expands on marginalized populations' experiences

Examples of feminist writers and activists:

• First wave: Mary Wollstonecraft, Susan B. Anthony, Victoria Woodhull
• Second wave: Simone de Beauvoir, Elaine Showalter
• Third Wave: Alice Walker

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