Women, Men, and Feminism Women, Men, and Feminism Second wave feminism focused rather exclusively on the needs of women, which was quite understandable considering the seriousness of sexism at that time. Reproductive choice, well-paying jobs, even merely getting independent credit were simply not possible for the majority of women. And so the second wave set about the demanding, exhausting task of securing these basic rights for women. Now it's time to move beyond those basic rights to the next set of obstacles the separate women from completely fulfilling lives. But we can't do the work for men, and we won't try.
Social change requires efforts from both sides.
We want to meet men in the middle, not do all the adjusting ourselves.