Which of the following statements are NOT true about the feminist movement?
- A. Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman challenges the idea that women exist only to please men.
- B. Women's suffrage dominated international feminism for more than fifty years.
- C. The Female Eunuch was written by the African writer Sarah Millin.
- D. Kate Millett's Sexual Politics broadens 'politics' to all power-structured relationships.
- E. The second wave was led by Generation X.
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Correct answer: C. (C) and (E) only
Explanation
The Female Eunuch (1970) is by the Australian Germaine Greer, and the second wave (1960s–80s) was a baby-boomer movement; Generation X is linked with the third wave of the 1990s.
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