The impact of feminism, western societies. The generally accepted definition of "feminism" is not. There are more than 300 interpretations of the term. Feminism is called "ethics and methodology", "policy aimed at changing the balance of power", "construction of socio-economic and political commitment to eradicate domination based on the separation of people on the floor, etc. The word "feminism" designed sotsialistom- utopian Charles Fourier at the end of 1918. , Believed that "the social status of women is a measure of progress." It is known feminist supporters of women's equality. The term "feminism" is defined as (from Latina. Femina, a woman) - The political and social theory, which examines the oppression of women and the superiority of men in the historical past and present, as well as ways to overcome osmyslyayutsya male superiority over women. Feminism has led to many changes in Western society, including giving women the right to vote in elections; A wide range of occupations, with salaries, more or less comparable to the wages men in the same profession; The right to apply for a divorce; The right of women to have control on his own body and the right to decide what medical intervention is acceptable to them, including the choice of contraception and safe abortions; as well as many other social changes. Some feminist view that much more could be done and should not stop there. Because Western society has been treated to feminist principles more loyal, and largely accepted as part of society, many of the issues of being in the past only "feminist", ceased to be seen. Some of the Radical feministicheskih opinion now accepted as self-razumeyuschayasya, a traditional part of the political thought. The vast majority of the population in Western countries did not see anything unnatural in the right of women to vote, to choose a spouse (or choose none), own land, all that seemed unlikely to even 100 years ago. In Western languages (especially English) are often feminist supporters of non-sexist language, such as using treated Ms. (Miss) with regard to women, regardless of whether they are married or not. Feminist also favoured choice of words, which (in ability) do not exclude one sex, in the case of events / concept / object, inherent in both men and women, such as the "marriage" instead of "marriage". (English language provides a global examples: Using words humanity and mankind to mean all humankind, but the second-floor mankind-man goes back to the words' man ', and therefore the use of the word humanity preferable, as it goes back to the neutral word' people ') . In many other languages (including Russian) commonly used grammatical 'it' if gender rights, referred to in the proposal is unknown; More polit- correct in terms of Feminist be used in such cases, 'he or she' 'he / she', 'his / her', 'his or her', etc. In most cases, such treatment feminist language to mean respect for both sexes, but also has a political connotation and transmitted so way information. Such a change in language requirements due to correct elements of sexism in language, as well as feminist view that language directly affects our perception of the world and understanding of their place in it.