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Three items:

In the first paragraph of the section "Sex industry", the phrase "expression and a in a woman's right to control" is wrong, possibly missing words. Should say "expression and a [missing stuff] in a woman's right ..."

In the first paragraph of "Affirming female sexual autonomy" change "readical" to "radical".

Same section, change "the right-the need!-to define" to "the right—the need!—to define" (replace hyphens with dashes) Fustican ( talk) 20:26, 14 October 2023 (UTC) reply

 Done Pinchme123 ( talk) 18:55, 15 October 2023 (UTC) reply

It seems like even with the semi protection, this article still has disuptes, and edit wars. I request you extend its protection level. 74.15.254.221 ( talk) 02:40, 16 October 2023 (UTC) reply

@ 74.15.254.221 I don't see any recent vandalism so I'm unsure why that'd be necessary — Panamitsu (talk) 02:42, 16 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Sorry I meant to say edit wars and disputes not vanadalism. But either way, I think the protection should be extended. 74.15.254.221 ( talk) 02:44, 16 October 2023 (UTC) reply

See WP:PROTECTION, it is only in policy to increase the protection of a page if there is disruptive editing (which there hasn't been recently). — Panamitsu (talk) 02:47, 16 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes "ADD" with nuanced focus on the social and performative constructions of gender and sexuality; gender, gender expression, gender identity, sex, and sexuality are understood through social theories and political activism. ^[1] Y Feminism holds the position that societies prioritize "REMOVE" the male point of view and that women "ADD" patriarchal domination of all people treated unjustly in these societies. ^[2] Ellgie ( talk) 09:32, 18 October 2023 (UTC) reply

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{ Edit semi-protected}} template. These changes could be controversial and seem out of line with the neutral point of view policy. — TechnoSquirrel69 ( sigh) 15:59, 18 October 2023 (UTC) reply

The suffragist movement, especially in Britain in the early part of the 20th century, was an important early element that isn't given much depth in the article. There is a published work by a noted suffragist and activist of that period: Constance Lytton, who wrote about her time as an activist and whose words provide a much deeper and realistic account of suffragist esperiences. Please may her book be added to the list?

Lytton, Constance and Jane Warton (her pseudonym). Prisons & Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences. United Kingdom: originally published by George H. Doran Company, 1914.

It is available in recently published print form under ISBN-10:1539167534 (ISBN-13:978-1539167532), Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 30, 2016)

Also available as a free online book at https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QadX11M3PSuEBR9U6Pu85sZAxBcpSE7Z6yOVJZg7didStDGG_tkNuARdsBysAHAEsZvjgxQMdCzBZE1bFPyBcqN5bL_bE-O5wK7ogNA7FzDTtdlaM1zvnQKaC8Km5rPXSElBhibe6D042CbCKpy9hsYxgX8aqBtwm676_x5FT9y7x-M-lIK-i19_p254acT7Dv1Y_e1Baehb1ysWPh8lenrNXRT8i2CMuBvGwPtlcSIqCg6VSIBHShCV6-vnA61ZpE9NCbsN Thank you. 2600:1700:EA01:1090:AD81:5718:61E8:7B02 ( talk) 22:57, 12 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Your second link doesn't work, but this one does, and it contains the full text of the book. You don't need to ask here about adding something to Further reading if it's on-topic and reliable; you can just add it yourself. Mathglot ( talk) 01:44, 13 November 2023 (UTC) reply

The article make a point to note that feminism has the Big Three branches, consisting of liberal, radical, and Marxist feminism. But if one looks at the article, there's only a single source being cited from 1995 that seems to acknowledge the existence of this trio. No other source seems to use it. Doesn't the structure of this page privilege one person's view regarding how the feminist movement should be structured / thought of? Why the Big Three and not "Big Four"? What makes Mary Maynard's classification more important than other ones, to the point that that "Movements and ideologies" section is structured as "Liberal", "Radical", and "Materialist (Marxist)" and the "Other" variants of feminism? PanagiotisZois ( talk) 00:29, 9 March 2024 (UTC) reply

The source is Maynard, 1995 and it's an analysis of typographies of feminism. Maynard is actually critical of this classification, but she describes the origin of the "Big Three" and provides references demonstrating that the classification is commonly used (e.g. Yates 1975, McFadden 1984, Deckard 1975).

What other classifications and sources do you feel should be mentioned in the article? No doubt we could find some more recent references, though we have to be careful as we are trying to organise content from a historical perspective and more recent sources might focus on typographies of modern movements or of academia only. — Bilorv ( talk) 19:19, 10 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Thank you for your reply. If the "Big Three" is indeed that prominent in feminist discourse, I do think it would be better if the article added a few more sources (2-4 additional ones) in reference to this classification. PanagiotisZois ( talk) 19:23, 19 March 2024 (UTC) reply

I think it's quality rather than number that are important, but you are welcome to add more reliable citations if they're not redundant to Maynard (1995). — Bilorv ( talk) 15:58, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply