Question

Q.2- What is Feminism? How is it meaningful in the Indian context?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Feminism in India is a set of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women in India. ... Despite the progress made by Indian feminist movements, women living in modern India still face many issues of discrimination.

Answer 2

Answer:

Feminism is a political and social movement that demands equal rights for women as given to men. Feminists believe in and demand equal opportunities in life for women as compared to men.

Explanation:

• Feminism does not disagree with the biological differences between the two genders but demands equal rights and opportunities.

• Feminist movements played a very crucial role in women's empowerment.

• These campaigns of the twentieth century made the right to vote, work, and education possible.

• Feminism is not important only to women but to society as a whole.

• Feminism is meaningful in the Indian context in the following ways, it can be discussed in three phases:

1. The first phase began in mid 19th century when reformists began to raise their voices in favor of women by demanding reforms in education and customs.
2. The second phase began in 1915 till independence, Mahatma Gandhi incorporated the feminist movement in the Quit India Movement, and independent organizations for women came into existence.
3. The third phase began after independence in which the main focus was on the equal and fair treatment of women in every place like the workplace and home.

So we may conclude with reference to the above-mentioned facts that feminist movements played a crucial role in women's empowerment and not only for women but were crucial for society as a whole.

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