Editing First-wave feminism (section)

== Global terminologies ==
The issues of inclusion that began during the first-wave of the feminist movement in the United States and persisted throughout subsequent waves of feminism are the topic of much discussion on an academic level. Some scholars find the wave model of western feminism to be troubling because it condenses a long history of activism into distinct categories that characterize generations of activists instead of acknowledging a complex, interconnected, and intersectional history of women's rights. This is thought to diminish the struggles and achievements of many people as well as worsen separation and conflicts between different groups of marginalized feminists.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Reger |first=Jo |date=2017 |title=Finding a Place in History: The Discursive Legacy of the Wave Metaphor and Contemporary Feminism |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/434/article/829366 |journal=Feminist Studies |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=193–221 |doi=10.1353/fem.2017.0012 |issn=2153-3873|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The points of contention that persist in modern discussions of Western and [[global feminism]] began with the inequity that hallmarked first-wave feminism. The way in which the west has been oriented as an authority in global feminist discussions has been criticized by feminists in the United States such as [[bell hooks]] for replicating colonial hierarchies of discussion, possession of knowledge and centering gender as the foundation of equality.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Needham |first=Anuradha Dingwaney |date=2010 |title=response: theorizing the 'first wave' globally |journal=Feminist Review |volume=95 |issue=95 |pages=64–68 |doi=10.1057/fr.2009.65 |jstor=40928110 |s2cid=145182220 |issn=0141-7789}}</ref> The idea of decolonizing feminism is a response to the political and intellectual position of power western feminism holds. By acknowledging that there are multiple feminisms around the world the narrow scope and lack of consideration for intersectional identities that has persisted since first-wave feminism in the west is responded to. The existence of multiple feminisms and forms of activism is a result of the first-wave of feminism being shaped by a history of colonialism and imperialism.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lukose |first=Ritty |date=2018 |title=Decolonizing Feminism in the #MeToo Era |journal=The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=34–52 |doi=10.3167/cja.2018.360205 |jstor=26945999 |s2cid=165397721 |issn=0305-7674}}</ref>