Samenvatting

Wilhelmina Drucker and Aletta Jacobs were the main women of the first wave and meant a lot for the position of women nowadays. At the end of the first feminist wave women obtained the right to vote and were able to attend college and universities, and had the right to work outdoors.
In the 1950s and early 1960s it seemed that women had the same rights and possibilities to work outdoors as men. Though in practice, married women did not work outdoors and the public opinion was that both men and women had both different competences; women were the ones to take care of the children and men had paid jobs outdoors. The main goals of the second wave were; change the traditional role patterns between men and women, and create equal opportunities on the labour market and in terms of education.
Nowadays, the amount of part time jobs has increased massively over the last twelve years. In the Netherlands women work 27% more in part time jobs then in other European countries. The government wants to stimulate more women to work more hours a week. The tool used to reach this goal is called 'TaskforceDeeltijd Plus' and is addressed to especially women in small part time jobs, their employers and to their social surroundings. Furthermore, men should have the chance to work in part time and take care of children for example as well.

Feminism is still relevant though new topics are appointed which have not been discussed during the first and second feminist wave. The topics are in general: more women should fulfil jobs on the highest level on the labour market and more women should work full time instead of part time in small jobs. Other important topics are the ruling beauty standard women have to live up to and the emancipation of women of ethnic minorities.
To answer the central question of this thesis a survey was sent to women of two different age groups to compare the outcomes. Does one generation feel more appealed to feminism as the other, next generation? The answer to this question is that the generation of women born in the 1950s and 1960s feel more appealed to feminism and are still more active then women of the next generation, born in the 1970s and 1980s.
After processing the survey outcomes a recommendation would be further
research to the differences between the two age groups since these outcomes are based on a small-scaled survey. For example the government can use the outcomes in order to know how to stimulate women to work more hours a week and to move on to jobs on the highest level on the labour market. Furthermore it would be very interesting to examine the opinion of women of ethnic minorities since in this survey no distinction has been made between women of ethnic minorities and native Dutch women.