First Wave Feminism
This refers to the feminism emerging in the 1800’s focused on campaigns for political acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers - e.g. the Suffragettes

Second Wave Feminism
This refers to the Feminism of the 1960’s and the Women’s acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers Movement. This resulted in many of the laws granting equal rights to women e.g. Sex acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers Act 1975, Equal Pay Act 1970

Three Types of Feminism
Most writers identify three broad types of feminism, liberal, acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers and radical

Liberal
Liberal feminism emphasise the importance of acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers for changes in the law to guarantee gender equality. All major political parties today acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers the main ideas of liberal feminism

Socialist (aka Marxist feminism, aka dual systems feminism)
Socialist feminists identify acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers and the main source of gender inequality. For instance capitalism benefits from the oppression of women - cheap labour, rearing and socialising the next generation of acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers, unpaid housework. Socialist feminism believes gender inequality will only end when capitalism ends. Socialist feminism has little influence on the ideas of the mainstream acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers parties

Radical feminism
Radical feminism sees gender inequality as the acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers divisive feature of all human societies. Radical feminists call for fundamental changes in all aspects of society - values, beliefs, family, work, religion, education, politics etc.

acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers feminists generally do not feel that men can make positive contributions to the feminist movement and that even well-intentioned men replicate the dynamics of acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers Instead, separatist feminists concentrate on directing their energies and allegiances towards other women, outside of a patriarchal context. This typically includes working with other women towards political or social goals, choosing living and family arrangements that are acceptcampaigningcapitalismcentralDiscriminationequalityfemaleLiberationpatriarchypoliticalSeparatistsocialistworkers-only, and avoiding hiring or working for and with men.