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=== Waves === The history of the modern western feminist movement is divided into multiple "waves".<ref name="Humm">{{Cite book |last=Humm |first=Maggie |title=The Dictionary of Feminist Theory |publisher=Columbus: Ohio State University Press |date=1995 |isbn=978-0-13-355389-5 |pages=251}}</ref><ref name="Walker1992">{{cite magazine |last=Walker |first=Rebecca |title=Becoming the Third Wave |magazine=[[Ms. (magazine)|Ms.]] |date=January–February 1992 |pages=39–41}}</ref><ref name=Chamberlain2017>{{cite book |last=Chamberlain |first=Prudence |title=The Feminist Fourth Wave: Affective Temporality |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8AIkDwAAQBAJ |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |location=Cham |isbn=978-3-319-53682-8}}</ref> The [[First-wave feminism|first]] comprised women's suffrage movements of the 19th and early-20th centuries, promoting women's right to vote. The [[Second-wave feminism|second wave]], the [[women's liberation movement]], began in the 1960s and campaigned for legal and social equality for women. In or around 1992, a [[Third-wave feminism|third wave]] was identified, characterized by a focus on individuality and diversity.<ref name="Suffragettes to Grrls">{{cite book |last1=Krolokke |first1=Charlotte |first2=Anne Scott |last2=Sorensen |title=Gender Communication Theories and Analyses: From Silence to Performance |date=2005 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-0-7619-2918-5 |page=24 |chapter=Three Waves of Feminism: From Suffragettes to Grrls}}</ref> Additionally, some have argued for the existence of a [[Fourth-wave feminism|fourth wave]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Feminism - The Fourth Wave of Feminism |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/feminism/The-fourth-wave-of-feminism |access-date=29 November 2021 |website=Britannica}}</ref> starting around 2012, which has used [[social media]] to combat [[sexual harassment]], [[violence against women]] and [[rape culture]]; it is best known for the [[Me Too movement]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Feminism: The Fourth Wave |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/issues/feminism-the-fourth-wave/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804075911/https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/issues/feminism-the-fourth-wave/ |archive-date=4 August 2019 |access-date=21 May 2019 |website=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]}}</ref>
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