What were the causes of the women's movement during 1960s?

Question

Also, what was the movement aiming for, such as equal education and work forces? Were there any others?

Answer 1

"After the war, women's employment status was not guaranteed, and much of the industrial economy rushed to rehire men. However, in many white collar sectors, such as banking and clerical work, the glass ceiling was moved significantly upward. Both during and after the war, women rarely earned as much in the occupations that became female-dominated (such as cashiers, tellers, and low-level loan officers) as their male colleagues had before. Government investments such as the GI Bill, fueled suburbanization, and the reuniting of separated spouses fostered the baby boom. With radical political activity suppressed by McCarthyism, consumerism being fostered by the retooling of wartime factories for domestic use, and the nuclear family at one of its historic peaks, the scene was set for a major reconsideration of women's roles. The symbolic fuse was the publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, which critiqued suburban white women's socialization and experience as intolerable."

"Feminism of the second wave in the 1960's focused more on lifestyle and economic issues; "The personal is the political" became a catchphrase. Second wave feminism emerged with battles on three fronts. Many came from within the New Left, seeking to expand the agenda of civil rights and campus to the status of women, while becoming increasing vocal on the mistreatment of women within the movement. Others pursued a primarily economic agenda, advocating for equal access to and equality within the workplace. A third section confronted sexist socialization in the family, romantic relationships and at the interpersonal level."

"Sexual assault and domestic violence became central targets of women's activism. The crime of rape began to assume its contemporary form, sex without consent, both legally and socially. Existing laws were extended to include marital rape (usually, in practice, of wives by husbands) and sex when a person is too physically or mentally incapacitated to consent. Susan Brownmiller's Against Her Will examined the history of rape. Feminists worked to create domestic violence shelters and rape crisis hotlines, which had been extremely scarce prior to 1965. Some feminists, notably Andrea Dworkin (although she said later that her writings had been misunderstood while they created this argument), argued that the dominant metaphor describing the heterosexual relationship of men to women is itself rape; men raped women physically, economically and spiritually. Lesbian separatists appealed to lesbian women, advocating the complete independence of women from what was seen as a male-dominated society."

"Access to contraception and abortion continued to be major issues for women's rights advocates. The birth control pill technologically revolutionized control over reproduction, while laws restricting access to birth control and abortion were rolled back, by legislative action and judicial decisions such as Griswold v. Connecticut (contraception, 1965) and Roe v. Wade (abortion, 1973). Numerous women's health collectives, women-run reproductive health clinics and several clandestine abortion services (most notably Jane, organized by members of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union) were organized prior to these rulings, providing immediate access and increasing pressure for legalization."

"Radical feminists, particularly Catharine MacKinnon, began to dominate feminist jurisprudence. Whereas first-wave feminism had concerned itself with challenging laws restricting women, the second wave [in the 60s EVT] tended to campaign for new laws that aimed to compensate women for societal discrimination. The idea of male privilege began to take on a legal status as judicial decisions echoed it, even in the United States Supreme Court."

"History of women in the United States" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_women_in_the_United_States

Answer 2

The major cause that most people worked for was equal pay for equal work. It was notable that the major funding against the Equal Rights Amendment came from employers such as Timex and Tyson who had large numbers of female workers.

Answer 3

Equal education and job availablity are 2 of them. Also the womens movement wanted women to have a right to abortions at their request, equal pay for equal work (we still don't have this)

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I think it was just an outcome of the changing times. Women had entered the workforce in WWII and did not like having to go back to staying at home once the men came back. Once the free love 60's hit, women wanted in on the fun.