Gender equitable societies are healthier for everyone. As feminism challenges restrictive gender norms, improvements in women’s access to health care, reproductive rights, and protection from violence have positive effects on everyone’s life expectancy and well-being, especially children.

Many male health risks can be traced back to behavior: In general, men engage in behaviors that lead to higher rates of injury and disease. They also tend to eat less healthful diets. However, anatomy, hormones and genes also play roles in men’s increased risk for these diseases: Heart disease.

At the biological level, ageing results from the impact of the accumulation of a wide variety of molecular and cellular damage over time. This leads to a gradual decrease in physical and mental capacity, a growing risk of disease, and ultimately, death.

Liberal feminists seek equal opportunity “within the system,” deman equal opportunity and employment for women in health care, and are critical of the patronizing attitudes of physicians. They see the division between man and woman as the primary contradiction in society and patriarchy as its fundamental institution.

Empowered women and girls contribute to the health and productivity of their families, communities, and countries, creating a ripple effect that benefits everyone. Gender equality means that men and women have equal power and equal opportunities for financial independence, education, and personal development.

Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. Feminist theory often focuses on analyzing gender inequality.

Liberal feminists believe that “female subordination is rooted in a set of customary and legal constraints that blocks women’s entrance to and success in the so-called public world”, and strive for sexual equality via political and legal reform.

At its core, feminism is the belief in full social, economic, and political equality for women. Feminism largely arose in response to Western traditions that restricted the rights of women, but feminist thought has global manifestations and variations.

Charles Fourier, a utopian socialist and French philosopher, is credited with having coined the word “féminisme” in 1837. The words “féminisme” (“feminism”) and “féministe” (“feminist”) first appeared in France and the Netherlands in 1872, Great Britain in the 1890s, and the United States in 1910.