second-wave feminism

English

Noun

second-wave feminism (uncountable)

1. A period of feminist activity that began in the early 1960s in the United States and broadened the gender equality debate to include family, the workplace, reproductive rights, etc.
   • 2022 June 17, Michelle Goldberg, “The Future Isn’t Female Anymore”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Obviously, the second-wave feminism of the ’60s and ’70s could be pretty factional as well; there were vicious internal fights over issues like lesbianism and pornography, as well as over white feminists’ blind spots about race.

Coordinate terms

• first-wave feminism
• fourth-wave feminism
• third-wave feminism