{"id":6979,"date":"2020-12-13T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.broadagenda.com.au\/?p=8466"},"modified":"2020-12-13T22:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T22:33:00","slug":"do-fourth-wave-feminists-get-their-second-wave-foremothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/13\/do-fourth-wave-feminists-get-their-second-wave-foremothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Do fourth wave feminists \u2018get\u2019 their second wave foremothers?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Do young Australian women have any idea how fiercely their mother\u2019s and grandmother\u2019s generations fought to open the doors and opportunities they now take for granted? Opportunities as simple as equal access to a university degree; the right to control their own fertility and make their own sexual and reproductive choices; to get a bank loan without a husband or father\u2019s signature; to take an employer\u2019s unlawful discrimination to court. Such a list could go on.<\/p>\n
Of course, it\u2019s not just the tangible, legislative changes the Australian women\u2019s movement gifted generations to come. Perhaps the biggest legacy is the powerful, irreversible social shift in attitudes that began to take hold back in the 1960s and 70s that has snowballed ever since: attitudes around the critical role women can and must play in shaping democracy, sharing the power and building our future.<\/p>\n