According to TSB (Great Soviet Encyclopedia), emancipation (from the Latin emancipatio) is liberation from any dependence, oppression, subordination, guardianship, equalization of rights. In a general sense, it denotes the process of liberation from someone's influence.
Emancipation of minors is a legal term. They indicate the announcement of a teenager who has reached the age of 16, fully capable. In accordance with Art. 27 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, a minor can be recognized as such by a decision of the guardianship and guardianship authority upon marriage, work under a contract or an employment contract, or engaging in entrepreneurial activity. According to Art. 292 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, emancipation gives a teenager the right to independently dispose of his property, including real estate. The emancipation of women became widespread in the twentieth century. It means providing the weaker sex with equal rights in work, social and family life. One of the components of women's emancipation is the struggle for the recognition of equality with men. Despite the fact that, by law, basically, the rights of women are equated with the rights of men, outdated stereotypes still exist in the public consciousness. It is still believed that the woman's prerogative is the family. Therefore, a woman who has the same qualifications as a man, as a rule, earns less and moves up the career ladder much more slowly. In almost all European countries, including Russia, parental leave is granted only to mothers. However, along with women's emancipation, emancipation of men appears. Today, she is gaining more and more attention to herself, causing the concern of sociologists. The modern emancipated man believes that the wife should earn herself. At the same time, he behaves in the same way as an emancipated woman behaves, i.e. prefers his personal freedom over family debt. Or, in the words of Alexandra Kollontai, a Russian revolutionary and an active fighter for the rights of oppressed women, "drinks his own glass of water."