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Feminism, originating in the West, is a global belief in social, economic, and political equality for women. Throughout Western history, women were confined to domestic spheres, with public life reserved for men. In medieval Europe, women were denied property ownership, study, and participation in public life. In France, they were still required to cover their heads in public, and in parts of Germany, husbands could sell their wives. Even in the early 20th century, women could not vote or hold elective office in Europe and most of the United States. They were also prevented from conducting business without a male representative, and married women could not control their children without their husband's permission. Women had limited access to education and were barred from most professions. These restrictions continue to exist in some parts of the world today. This Article explores Thomas Hardy's feminist perspective in books such as The Mayor of Casterbridge, by talking about the portrayal of the main female characters in Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, and Far From the Madding Crowd, among other books, and the author's critique of patriarchal hegemony and the mindset towards customs around marriage. Women were viewed as second sex in Victorian culture. They fell prey to patriarchal hegemony. A patriarchal social structure is one in which men dominate in positions of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and property ownership. To define, develop, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social equality of sexes is the shared objective of a variety of political groups, philosophies, and social movements together referred to as feminism. This involves working to provide women the same access to professional and educational opportunities as males. Feminism's primary goal is to refute the idea that men rule women.We require a shift in both genders in order to achieve equality between men and women. A socially created concept of men and women is called gender. It is not the same as women or sex (the biological traits that distinguish men and women). The duties, responsibilities, and tasks that are assigned to men and women in society, as well as in both public and private spheres, define gender. The male must lessen sexual harassment, abuse, wife-selling, wife-beating, and suppression of women.