Feminism

FEMINISM
Feminism emanates its existence for the fight for women's right
counter to the prejudice existing in the society. Feminism implicates
two key facets of rational obligation and political undertaking that
brought justice for women and put an end to sexism in all kinds.
 FIRST WAVE OF FEMINISM
• The first wave of feminism stresses equal opportunity for women in the
society. Further, the first wave of feminism granted rights to suffrage for
most women in the early 20th century.
 SECOND WAVE OF FEMINISM
The second wave of feminism is the beginning of women education and
women involvement on civil rights and radical issues attached to young
women culture change. It made women aware of sexual discrimination
which leads to resistance.
 THIRD WAVE OF FEMINISM
The third wave of feminism looked into the relation of language and
gender; also tackled issues attached to discrimination of women in the
publication arena and covered the facet of multiculturalism and
competition.
 GENDER IDEOLOGY AND GENDER INEQUALITY

• To feminist normative view of “Gender Ideology” conveys that women

are viewed as inferior to men in a system of society dominated by men.

• Gender Inequality for feminism focuses on the rights and freedoms for
women and girls of all ages in the society. Feminist groups claimed that
human rights they inherent is traditional bias in favor of men and boys.
 Emma Watson [HeShe Campaign]
British actor Emma Watson was appointed UN Women Goodwill
Ambassador in July 2014. The accomplished actor, humanitarian and
recent graduate of Brown University will dedicate her efforts towards
the empowerment of young women and will serve as an advocate for UN
Women’s HeForShe campaign in promoting gender equality.
Gender Equality
(Pagkakapantay ng Kasarian)
What is the definition of
Gender Equality?
Gender equality, also known as sexual equality,
is the state of equal ease of access to
resources and opportunities regardless of
gender, including economic participation and
decision-making; and the state of valuing
different behaviors, aspirations and needs
equally, regardless of gender.
 SEX vs. GENDER
To avoid confusion, the term “sex” is defined to
mean the biological differences between men and
women. “Gender” refers to the social relationships
between men and women that vary from one society
to another and at different points in history. Gender
roles, therefore, are learned from the time of birth
and are reinforced by parents, teachers, peers and
society.
 SEX GENDER

SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED SET

BIOLOGICAL OF ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES

BORN WITH NOT BORN WITH

UNIVERSAL CULTURAL
 SEX GENDER

WOMEN PROVE ABLE TO DO

EXAMPLE: ONLY WOMEN CAN
TRADITIONALLY MALE JOBS AS
GIVE BIRTH
WELL AS MEN
 Ayon sa bersikulo Juan 4:7-10, 25-30,tuwing dapit hapon,
karamihan ng mga babaeng samaritan na nag-iigib nuon ay
nagtutungo sa isang balon sa bayan upang dito ay sumalok ng
tubig. Maliban lang sa babaeng ito, pinili nyang mag igib sa oras na
tapos na ang mga babaeng nagtutungo dito dahil iniiwasan niya na
magtagpo ang kanilang mga landas at siya ay kutyain muli
sapagkat kilala ang babaeng ito na may limang asawa at ang
tribong kanyang kinabibilangan ay isa sa mga mababang estado
sa lipunan. Naging gawi ng mga lalaking pinunong hudyo ang hindi
pagkausap sa mga mababang uri ng tao sa lipunan lalo na ang mga
kababaihan sa pampublikong lugar dahil ito ay makaka apekto sa
iniingatan nilang katanginang uri sa lipunan (social status)Ngunit sa
kabila ng estado ng babaeng ito ay ipinakita na Hesus na hindi ito hadlang upang
siya ay kasuapin at bigyan ng kahalagahan.
 “… Jesus knowingly overturns social custom
when he allows women to follow him in public.
His treatment of women implies he views them as
equal with men before God. The prominence of
women in the Gospels as well as Jesus’ interaction
with them confirms his irreverence for sexual
boxes. He doesn’t hesitate to violate social norms
to elevate women to a new dignity and a higher
status.”
“May bahay” “Hindi nakakapagaral”
 Ang kababaihan nuon ay hindi
hinahayaan na bumoto at iboto dahil sa
paniniwala nila ay ang mga lalaki ang
mas nararapat dito.
 Proclamation No. 224
“DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH OF EVERY
YEAR AS WOMEN’S WEEK AND MARCH 8, 1988 AND
EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER AS WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND
INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY”
WHEREAS, Filipino women have been active in the struggle for national
independence, for civil liberties, for equality of the sexes, and for human rights; and

WHEREAS, it is but just and proper to declare a week and a particular day of the
year as Women’s Rights and International Peace Day, in solidarity with the United
Nations, and in commemoration of the struggle of Filipino women for national
freedom, civil liberty, equality and human rights;
Si Gabriela Silang (19 Marso 1731 – 20 Setyembre 1763)
ay ang unang Pilipinong babae na namuno sa isang
paghihimagsik noong kolonisasyon ng mga Kastila sa
Pilipinas. Nang namatay ang asawa niyang si Diego
Silang, ipinagpatuloy niya ang pinaglalaban ng asawa.
Historically, women have been employed as unskilled workers
in construction sites in India. In New Delhi, during 1997, the
following story illumined both the reality the women face and
the potential for change. At a resettlement colony, female
migrant labourers and construction site workers were hired
and paid as unskilled workers. Men hired as “skilled labourers”
got free time during their working hours for smoking breaks,
and the “unskilled” women were expected to take over the
men’s responsibilities while they were on break. Photos of
women performing these skilled jobs were taken by a
development worker in a local NGO and became the seed for a
positive spiral of change.
 This is how it happened. The female workers of a women’s
association approached an NGO for funds to build drainage for
their community. As women’s wages are always less than
wages men receive, women frequently don’t realise their full
potential. In this case, the proposal they submitted included
wages for men’s skilled labour.
 The development worker who took the photos of the women
doing skilled jobs was reviewing the proposal, recognised what
was happening and asked them to revise the proposal and
include a “women only” team to do the drainage job. The
women lacked confidence and
felt it would be impossible for them to construct the drainage
without the skilled labour of men. This
is where the photos came back into the story!
The development worker showed the pictures of women doing
the skilled labour and insisted again on a “women only”
proposal. She gave the women 15 days to decide what they
were going to do. To her surprise, she heard nothing for 13
days. It took them a full 14 days to gain the confidence to
submit a new proposal. Were they successful? Yes! Thirteen
years later, the Indira Nagar resettlement colony still has the
benefit of a drainage system built by this “women only”
construction crew.
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