Not so long ago, the label “feminist” conjured images of angry bra-burning women who resent men for denying them equal opportunities. Despite most working women in the United States earning only 74 cents to every dollar earned by a man, the definition of a feminist has expanded.

Our generation owes the rights to vote, own property and to educate ourselves to the battles our foremothers have fought, but we are also part of a contemporary movement to determine the “new normal.”

In American pop culture, women in power are more widely accepted than ever before. As a country, one fifth of the United States senate — which was historically a very exclusive men’s club — is now female. The Augusta National Golf Club, an all-male southern golf institution, that annually hosts the U.S Masters Golf Tournament, accepted its first female members this past year. In a slow progression as old as our country, women in power no longer garner fear and discomfort.

In stark contrast to the typical feminists of the 1960s, these women have not had to abandon their sexuality or their femininity. In 2012, Marissa Mayer, the new CEO of Yahoo!, entered her new position while pregnant with her first child. Her decision to accept the job caused a short controversy over whether she was capable to handle this demanding new position and new motherhood, but Mayer didn’t feel the need to defend her choice — it was clear to her that she should be able to have the option to have a family and run a multibillion-dollar company.

Women no longer need to feel the pressure that in order to maintain a feminist philosophy, they must abandon thoughts of family for thoughts of success.

This new normal of expanded feminist philosophy includes new options beyond the stereotypical Stepford wife or ranting man-haters to a naturally graceful evolution of the fight for equality of women’s rights in America. However, while women are now presidents of companies, politicians and mothers, it does not mean our work is finished.

In addition to helping secure more rights for the women in our own country, our generation must strive to protect the inalienable rights of those who do not have the means to fight for their own. This new normal must expand past our own backyards and across oceans to fight for equality world wide.