2nd Wave Feminism

The times have definitely changed from the first time that feminists started fighting for equality but also a lot has not. Women were thought to stay at home and take care of the children and most of these women did this on average 55 hours a week in the 1960's. The 60's introductions to their shows represents to us in present day the role that they were told to play and most of them embraced it. Showing women caring for the house, cleaning, feeding children and making sure the husband was all set to go to work. There were some women who said they were happy to take care of the kids, bring them to where they need to be and what not but they were bored. These women knew that there was more in their life than to just stay at home and take care of their children. Taking care of children is a very important job and they knew this but that doesn't mean that the women must stay home everyday to do it.  In the 1970's the women shown in entertainment had more impact roles as super heroes, and police women and not just showing them in the house. Showing  the country that there as more to women than just making the beds and making sure dinner is ready. During the 60's was the time right after the Cold War and communism and this alone put a pause on the feminists movement right away. The amount of conformity in these times was something that has not been seen in the United States before and everyone was conforming. If you were trying to do something different then you were considered a communist. If women continued to fight for equal rights then that resembled the ideas of feminism and that was unacceptable. This makes it very difficult for women to get a head of steam for fighting for equality.
Title IX was a very big step for women as they were given equal opportunity for athletics in schools but also in sexual harassment cases. With Title IX this also cuts off other male athletics in order to be even in the department for women's and men's athletics. This also brought up the conversation of the draft when coming off the Cold War in the 50's. Many women did not want to send their daughters along with their sons to the war because this brings higher possibility of losing another child. Women fought for their equality and they still are. I also thought is was very powerful when Ms. O'Connell asked us to raise our hands if we are feminists and it raises a question and that is what you define feminism as. Many people have different meanings but Leo said my thoughts as women deserve every right a man has, be given every opportunity fairly and be heard the same as men. That is my definition of feminism and that is the fight that is going to continue for them but I hope it does not go on much longer.