Due to the inequalities suffered by woman in a rather patriarch and misogynistic society, women began a sort of reprisal to challenge their duties and view by the society and then gradually came up with a movement to tackle the marginalization that they suffered which led to the introduction of feminism a word coined by French philosopher Charles Fourier in 1837.
According to Wikipedia, "Feminism is a range of social movements, political movements, and ideologies that aim to define, establish, and achieve the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes".
According to our very own Chimamanda Adiche, "Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes." Over time feminism took different meanings by different people, with some believing that feminism only favored whites, middle class and educated women which then led some people to identify as being a black feminist while others took a name called intersectional feminism.
Even extremist started getting created under feminism and they displayed total hatred for men with some even wishing death and suffering for their male counterparts. This led to a lot of controversies and a total flaw of the idea of feminism as the definition above suggested and drifted more into misandry which is the hatred for men and boys.
Due to this , a new trend has started which a some feminist are beginning to identify themselves with and it is called Egalitarianism, which is a concept that talks about the equality of sexes in a variety of areas, be it political, social etc.
According to Wikipedia, "Egalitarianism (from French égal, meaning 'equal'), or equalitarianism,[1][2] is a school of thought within political philosophy that prioritizes equality for all people.[3] Egalitarian doctrines are generally characterized by the idea that all humans are equal in fundamental worth or moral status.["
Although the term is currently trending, it is not a new word as it was first used in the 1880's. It is hard to some times determine what area of equality as it can sphere across a lot of areas that is why Egalitarianism is sometimes known as a protean idea.
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