Caroline says there are four waves of feminism. The first wave is generally agreed to be female suffrage so different times in different countries. Then second way of starts really late 60s to through the 70s and there's a burst of intense legislation. Third wave is the 1990s focused on sexual harassment in the U.S. Fourth wave is that wave of digital feminism kind of post-catler-marans how to be a woman things like everyday sexism. And fifth wave is coming right now through to me too okay thank you Caroline.
International Women’s Week on Intelligence Squared. Change is never easy, it requires putting up a fight, going against the status quo, and if you’re a woman - this may require you to be difficult. In 2020 Helen Lewis, staff writer for The Atlantic, joined us on stage to discuss the lives of some of history’s complicated and contradictory fighters for female freedom, and their refusal to conform to societal expectations. Helen was joined by Caroline Criado Perez, journalist and author of Invisible Women, which is now also a podcast. And the conversation was chaired by broadcaster Samira Ahmed who had just won the employment tribunal she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay. Together they examine why women who challenge the status quo are often seen as threatening or intimidating and why the fight for change is far from perfect.
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