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The contemporary women's rights movement - its legacy being that of the nineteenth
century women's rights and women's suffrage movements. The movement seeks to destroy the
myths surrounding women (namely that they are inferior to men in almost every aspect, with
the possible exception of cooking, cleaning, and having babies) and seeks sexual,
political, and economic equality in a male-dominated society. The National Organization
for Women (N.O.W.) and the Women's Political Caucus typify this approach to egalitarian social change for women. A useful distinction
may be drawn between women's liberationism and feminism. Women's liberation is basically a
status movement concerned with restratifying society,
integrating women into all parts of society, whereas feminism uses a more class-oriented analysis in understanding women's
problems and issues. For many feminists the essence of the oppression of women is
basically an economic one. They seek a destratification
of society.
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