What makes third and fourth wave feminisms appealing to young women today? Use examples if possible.

 

I consider that the attractiveness that women see today is that in this wave new ways of struggle were introduced, for example against female stereotypes in communication, art and advertising, and that the abolition of patriarchy was explicitly requested because it is necessary to go beyond concrete demands to the right to vote or education to try to dismantle an entire unequal social structure. Issues such as sexuality or violence show the extent to which the slogan "the personal is political" allows us to explain the first years of this Third Wave and its impact on the current struggle of women. Another factor that makes this wave attractive is that they also introduced notions of race, religion or ethnicity, currents such as black, Islamic or indigenous Latin American feminisms showed that the hegemonic model of women built until then, white, western, European and of the middle class did not represent them, so it was essential , therefore, introduce the debate around multiculturalism and the ways of doing feminism of Afro, Muslim, Chinese women or, around the issue of sexuality, lesbians, bisexuals ... We could never again speak of feminisms in the singular: the plural became essential. Ultimately, essentialism and strict definitions from earlier times are put aside to advocate more flexible theories and thoughts, capable of recognizing the growing diversity of societies in an increasingly globalized world. FOR EXAMPLE: The appearance of the punk group Riot Grrrl in Olympia, Washington, in the early 1990s, and to Anita Hill's television testimony in 1991 - on an all-male, white Senate Judiciary Committee - when she denounced that Clarence Thomas , a nominee for the United States Supreme Court, had sexually harassed her. The term third wave is attributed to Rebecca Walker, who responded to Thomas' appointment to the Supreme Court with an article in Ms. magazine, "Becoming the Third Wave" (1992) in which she wrote: "So I write this as a plea to all women, especially women of my generation: Let Thomas' confirmation serve to remind you, like me, that the fight is far from over. Let this rejection of a woman's experience lead you to anger. Turn that outrage into political power. Don't vote for them unless they work for us. Don't have sex with them, don't break bread with them, don't feed them if they don't prioritize our freedom to control our bodies and our lives. I am not a post-feminist feminist. I am the third wave".

regarding the fourth wave feminist ...

At this stage I consider that the most attractive for current women were marked by the use of new technologies such as social networks to promote the fight for gender equality and to corroborate it, you just need to take a look at the trending topics of Twitter of March 8, 2019: of the top twenty, seventeen are related to International Women's Day. The fourth wave is considered to have started in the early 2000s, although the momentum did not arrive until 2012 thanks to the impact of social media. It was at that time that viral campaigns and mobilizations began to be launched around the planet such as FOR EXAMPLE #FreeTheNipple or #HeForShe that contributed to an extension of a global feminist consciousness. In addition to the virality function, social networks also fulfilled an important and important attraction for the struggle of women today, it is how this tool was used to avoid the gatekeepers of traditional media, generally dominated by men. This allowed the participants of the different actions to get their message across without any kind of filter. Many of these participants put social networks at the center of their communications, such as the artists Moderna de Pueblo, Paula Bonet or Raquel Riba Rossi (creator of Lola Vendetta), who focus their illustrations and humorous vignettes on the empowerment of women within the current of pop feminism. This type of content has had a great impact among today's young women, who both artists such as those mentioned reach hundreds of thousands of followers. And outside the networks, there are also several facts that have been attractive in the feminist resurgence: on the one hand, from feminist activism, the arrival of many feminist women to positions of power within organizations such as parties and unions. And on the other, from the feminist awareness of individual people, the personal stories of celebrities through the movement such as FOR EXAMPLE #MeToo or cases of gender violence that jumped to public opinion such as FOR EXAMPLE "La Manada".

Dear student, it is important to note that this guidance that I give you is in general terms, which can help you to have a better understanding of the subject.