Extrapolation, March 22nd, 2005
Second wave feminism's influence on society saw an increased number of female heroes represented in popular culture. The second wave focus on women's rights and women's differences from men encouraged women to participate in social roles previously considered outside their capabilities. The dominating themes in literature and popular culture of 1970s radical feminism were sex wars and separatism. Popular culture's representation of post and/or third wave (1) feminisms in the 1980s and 1990s was simplistic and contradictory. The dominating themes went from super-mom to a combination of spice ...
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