The Social Contexts of Feminism and the Dimensions of its Development

Abstract

Feminism refers to movements that demand equality between men and women. The emergence of these movements is not very old compared to the history of the problem, but struggle between the two sexes over the supremacy of one and the backwardness of the other and the expression of dissatisfaction by women is very old. Feminism both as a social movement and a set of ideas, that legitimize it is an example of collective action. This study focuses on the social contexts of the movement and its stages of development. The aim of the study is to explain the social contexts for the emergence of feminism and how the demands for which women struggled development, especially the renaissance in Europe and social changes and its impact on women’s self-organization and the struggle for Equality. These were linked to the industrial revolution and women’s work outside the home which fundamentally changed the social life in society. Practically equalizing women’s duties with men in factories eventually, it made to same extent women equal to men in rights. but in Kurdish society these profound changes did not occur, so there was no change in its social structure and economics system. Therefore, has not seen the emergence of movements demanding women’s rights. Social relationships between individuals, society, and nature are challenging within urban confines.