Feminism: The advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of sexes. Notice how the definition contains not a single trace of the word “superior” but instead the word “equality”. Why? Because that’s what Feminism is. Many people who hear the word “Feminism” or when someone introduces themselves as a Feminist, people jump to conclusions and automatically assume Feminism is about women being superior and men being inferior. But, it’s not true. Feminism is about bringing the equality of women and men to light through political and social movements. Establishing equality rights for women in education, employment, and life in general. Some examples of rights that Feminists campaigned for are: The right to vote, to be employed, to have equal footing with men in marriage, the right to have an education, to be able to receive equal wages and pay, and so on. The majority of these rights women have earned and Feminists fought for, shouldn’t have to be earned or fought for. The history of feminism in the western world was divided into four waves. The first wave, activists  started movements and fought for the right to vote (women’s suffrage), equality in a marriage, property rights and other political power. This spanned the 19th century to the early 20th century. The second wave dealt with more personal affairs such as domestic violence, changes in custody, sexuality, divorce, family, reproductive rights and more. This lasted from the mid 20th century to the late 20th century. The third wave picked right up after the second wave, focusing their issues on the same topics, picking up from where the second wave left off. And finally the fourth wave, which is a current ongoing thing in our modern world, with the Women’s March 2017 being the most recent and ongoing feminist movement.