Feminism is a movement and ideology that advocates for the rights of women on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. It emerged primarily in the West as a response to the oppression of women and sexism. The other options describe socialism, welfare state principles, and anarchism, respectively, not feminism.

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Feminism is

A) a system of beliefs that has emerged primarily in the West in opposition tooppression of women, and opposition to sexism in general.
B) a theory that believes in government ownership and regulation of the major means ofproduction, that the government should regulate all sectors of the economy.
C) an ideology that developed out of the Industrial Revolution advocating governmentalconcern with individuals' quality of life, including education, medical care, andstandard of living.
D) a belief that all forms of government interfere with individual rights and should beabolished.

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