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Comparing feminism in the time of Virginia Woolf and today. What has changed?

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Feminism has undergone significant changes since the time of Virginia Woolf. In Woolf's time, women were fighting for basic rights such as suffrage and access to education. Feminism was primarily concerned with achieving legal and political equality between men and women. Women were also fighting against the societal norms that confined them to the domestic sphere and prevented them from pursuing careers outside of the home.

Today, feminism has evolved to encompass a much broader range of issues. While legal and political equality is still an important goal, feminism now also addresses issues such as reproductive rights, workplace discrimination, sexual harassment and assault, and intersectionality. Intersectionality refers to the way in which different forms of oppression (such as racism, sexism, homophobia, and ableism) intersect and compound each other.
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