FEMINISM

Feminism holds the position that societies prioritize the male point of view and that women are treated unjustly in these societies. Efforts to change this include fighting against gender stereotypes and improving educational professional and interpersonal opportunities and outcomes for women. The feminist movement produced feminist fiction feminist non-fiction and feminist poetry which created new interest in women's writing. It also prompted a general reevaluation of women's historical and academic contributions in response to the belief that women's lives and contributions have been underrepresented as areas of scholarly interest. There has also been a close link between feminist literature and activism with feminist writing typically voicing key concerns or ideas of feminism in a particular era.