ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book focuses on the full spectrum of feminist thought without judging any of its facets or insisting that feminists accept or appreciate every aspect of every approach. While feminism retains its focus on women and women's oppression (sexism), women-of-color feminists and third-wave feminists in particular are intentionally inclusive of those who suffer from the world's many other violences: heterosexism, racism, classism, colonialism, ableism, speciesism, and so forth. For contemporary feminists, it is important to focus on the problems faced by women of all demographics. Although women's status and equality with men has increased in a wide variety of societies, we do not think it is time for humanism or postfeminism to supplant further feminist thought. The third-wave feminists have a lot of work to do, so much so that we are looking forward to the fourth-wave of feminism.
