Feminism is defined as movements that are aimed to protect rights of the women al around the world. These rights include voting rights, political, economic as well as social rights. The second main aim of the feminist movement is to make sure that women get equal education as well as employment rights. Those who believe in feminism are termed as feminists.
Feminist theory
One of the most important theories in feminism is the feminist theory. The main fact that has been mentioned in the theory is that there is a need to understand the roles that have been played by women all around the world. Secondly based on these roles, increased cases of gender inequality are to be assessed1. Sex and gender inequality and the social construction of sex and gender has been the focus of feminist theory. An important fact in the case of feminism is in relation to the kind…...
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Bibliography
Botting, Hunt, Eileen, and Houser, Sarah, L. "Drawing the Line of Equality: Hannah Mather Crocker on Women's Rights." The American Political Science Review 100(2006): pp. 265-278.
Radford, Ruether, Rosemary. Women and Redemption: A Theological History. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2012.
Feminism Is for Everybody
Describe each of the following theoretical perspectives of women's subordination in society. Discuss which aspect of woman's subordination each focuses on.
Biological determinism or essentialism holds that there is a natural and genetic difference between men and women and from a patriarchal viewpoint finds that women are intellectually and physically inferior and should be relegated to child rearing and domestic duties. Liberal feminism, often called middle class feminism calls for equal economic, voting and citizenship rights within the present system, unlike radical or socialist feminism that demand the overthrow of capitalism, imperialism, and patriarchy, perhaps even in a revolution. Multiracial feminists also wish to build a global feminist movement that crosses the lines of color, language, religion and nationality, instead of simply being known as a white, middle class Western movement that benefits only privileged or upwardly mobile women.
Using Feminism is for Everybody, describe how Bell Hooks defines…...
Once women were exposed to feminism, and along with it the freedom to express themselves politically in the ways that they choose based upon informed decisions, by and large, feminists embraced a more liberal political mindset (Inglehart, et al., 2000). This is not to say that they abandoned their family and religious values, but perhaps it is more correct to say that in more left wing thinking, feminists were able to enjoy a greater degree of political freedom, recognition and an avoidance of the oppression that they suffered for so many years under a more conservative viewpoint and philosophy. Once feminists were on the path of free political expression, their activism made contributions to the study of political participation in several key areas.
On a strategic level, the advancement of women into the halls of higher learning institutions contributed to political studies from both sides of the classroom in a…...
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References
Ali, S., Coate, K., & Goro, W.W. (Eds.). (2000). Global Feminist Politics: Identities in a Changing World. London: Routledge.
Inglehart, R., & Norris, P. (2000). The Developmental Theory of the Gender Gap:Women's and Men's Voting Behavior in Global Perspective. International Political Science Review, 21(4), 441-463.
Phillips, a. (Ed.). (1998). Feminism and Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Randall, V. (2002). Feminism. In Marsh & Stoker (Eds.), Theory and Methods in Political Science (2nd ed., pp. 109-130). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
AMANDA pushes off and tries to get to her feet, but MARCUS's hands are all over her and she is pulled into his lap.
AMANDA
(half angry, half sobbing) Let me go. Please just leave me alone.
MARCUS
How many times must we go over this? Consider yourself lucky and do as you're told. And right now we're going into the men's room and you're going to put that smart mouth of yours to good use.
No one is affected in the cafeteria by the announcement that MARCUS intends to sexually assault this girl. The few who have noticed laugh or cheer him on. MARCUS stands, dragging an unwilling AMANDA with him.
JONAH stands and reaches the struggling couple within a few seconds
V.O. JONAH
And there I go
JONAH (to MARCUS)
That's enough!
Both AMANDA and MARCUS look over at him, he annoyed and she with an unidentifiable expression.
Offen, Karen. Defining Feminism: A Comparative Historical Approach. Signs: Journal of omen in Culture and Society, 14, 1: 1988, pg 119. Offen, in her book, has very successfully and clearly laid out the history of feminism and its overall impact. Her own analyses, though, of the philosophy of feminism are of the utmost interest as she incorporates the phenomenon of dualism, individualism and relationalism into the feminist school of thought. Even though, it does come across as biased at times, the views presented are fresh and new, unlike the very common good/bad aspects of feminism that are generally written about.
Sanders, V. First wave feminism. In S. Gamble, (Ed.), the Routledge critical dictionary of feminism and postfeminism (pp. 16-28). New York: Routledge. 2000.
Thomham, S. Second wave feminism. In S. Gamble, (Ed.), the Routledge critical dictionary of feminism and postfeminism (pp. 29-42). New York: Routledge. 2000.
alter Block. Levin on Feminism and Freedom.…...
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Work Cited Page:
Huguette Dagenails and Denise Piche. Women, Feminism and Development. Macgill-Queen's University Press. Pg 217-18. 1994.
Offen, Karen. Defining Feminism: A Comparative Historical Approach. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 14, 1: 1988, pg 119.
Sanders, V. First wave feminism. In S. Gamble, (Ed.), the Routledge critical dictionary of feminism and postfeminism (pp. 16-28). New York: Routledge. 2000.
Thomham, S. Second wave feminism. In S. Gamble, (Ed.), the Routledge critical dictionary of feminism and postfeminism (pp. 29-42). New York: Routledge. 2000.
He also examines the link between the phenomenon of feminism, the increase or impact on female political participation and the influence of the 1972 elections in the activation or growth of the working women phenomenon.
Caroline amazanoglu. Feminism and the Contradictions of Oppression. London and New York. 1989. This book mainly focuses on the difficulties faced when forming an association between the feminist social theory and feminist political strategy. The recent growing popularity of the phenomenon has enhanced the relations amid the men and women as well as its own efficient as a tool to remove differences. Nevertheless there are still many opposing opinion of the impact of feminism.
Definition of feminism taken from www.elissetche.org/dico/F.htm
Janet a Boles. The Politics of the Equal ights Amendment: Conflict and the Decision Process. New York: Longman, 1979. The recent demands for increased ratio of political representation of women sparked this discussion on the problem of…...
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References
Andersen Kristi. Working Women and Political Participation, 1952-1972. American journal of political science, 3, 1975. This paper studies the reduction in the gender-based selection or division in the political setup of different countries over the last 2 decades. Andersen mainly accounts this change to the group of women who urged to work outside their homes. He also examines the link between the phenomenon of feminism, the increase or impact on female political participation and the influence of the 1972 elections in the activation or growth of the working women phenomenon.
Caroline Ramazanoglu. Feminism and the Contradictions of Oppression. London and New York. 1989. This book mainly focuses on the difficulties faced when forming an association between the feminist social theory and feminist political strategy. The recent growing popularity of the phenomenon has enhanced the relations amid the men and women as well as its own efficient as a tool to remove differences. Nevertheless there are still many opposing opinion of the impact of feminism.
Definition of feminism taken from www.elissetche.org/dico/F.htm
Janet a Boles. The Politics of the Equal Rights Amendment: Conflict and the Decision Process. New York: Longman, 1979. The recent demands for increased ratio of political representation of women sparked this discussion on the problem of group interests and representation. Hence, this discussion employs and recommends what the future researches should focus on like public opinion, interest groups, social movements, international politics, political elites, and public policy.
Feminism and Liberalism
The world of philosophy, political science, and social theory has come a long way since the times during which ancient Greek philosophers created theories according to which the best city state should be constructed and run. The beauty and joy of being human lies in the fact that humanity is constantly evolving. The same is true of social and philosophical ideas and theories. In the views of some, this is less than ideal, since new theories tend to supplant those before them even though the latter still have much to offer in terms of valid ways of living and being. On the other hand, another school of thought maintains that the new does not necessarily supplant the old. Instead, "new" theories like environmentalism and feminism can effectively join with "older" ideologies like socialism and liberalism. The result is then what can be referred to with the old adage…...
Feminism and Stereotypes
There are many stereotypes associated with feminism and the feminist movement. The movement itself was started as a way to combat the stereotypical view of women's role in society. Even after many years of working for women's civil rights, still it remained that "women were automatically expected to take notes at meetings, make coffee, do all the housework, and often be available as sexual partners for male co-workers." (236) Along with beliefs that women were weaker, less intelligent, and overall unequal to men in many ways, these stereotypes were the target of the women's movement for freedom and equality in America. However, stereotypes have infiltrated and plagued the feminist movement for decades. There are stereotypes held by many feminists regarding other women, stereotypes held by society about feminists, and stereotypes about specific ethnicities, such as Black and Indian feminism.
There are a wide range of stereotypes held by many…...
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Many feminists cannot see being a housewife or homemaker to be a viable or honorable option for women. Although some women may find that taking care of the domestic needs of their families to be very rewarding and true expression of themselves, it can be met with a great deal of scrutiny from members of the feminist culture. Feminism often creates a stereotype that the housewife is being oppressed by her husband and that the homemaker is a slave to her family and a disgrace to free women. This stereotype can be traced back to Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique," published in 1963, wherein she described the typical family as a "comfortable concentration camp." Modern feminism took from Friedan's description of the homemaker a stereotype that no healthy woman would chose this life. Other stereotypes that have been noted in the feminist movement include that feminists think poorly of heterosexual women in general, or women that are "effeminate" rather than "butch." The feminist movement is generalized as not being concerned with the problems of other social groups. Some people complain that feminists today raise awareness of the single mother's terrible social situation in our society, but that they stereotype all men as having it easy, even though there are many impoverished men and single fathers suffering from social inequalities as well. Others say that feminists stereotype all men as abusers, and while fighting for the rights of battered women and female rape victims, ignore the plight of battered and abused men and male rape victims.
However, the stereotypes that are supposedly held by feminists may not truly be a part of feminism, but rather a fabrication of the stereotypes held by others about feminists. Among the stereotypes applied to feminists include that they are all white and middle-class. The stereotypical lesbian does not shave or wear dresses, bras, or high heels. Stereotypical feminists do not wear makeup or concern themselves with aesthetics of any sort. Of course, feminists are also viewed to all be lesbians and fit the "Femi-Nazi" image of a woman holding all of the above mentioned stereotypes regarding other people.
An example of how such stereotypes were put onto feminists early in the movement is the Miss America protest of 1968, where "the media portrayed the protesters in fairly negative terms, such as coining the term bra-burners to denote all radical feminists, even though no bras were burned." (241) These negative stereotypes have prevented many women who would otherwise be a part of the movement from identifying as
Feminism
fter reading three articles on feminism, it strikes me that perhaps feminism has been presented to many of us rather two dimensionally.
The first article reports a UN Treaty, signed by 177 different countries, endorsing the concept of true equality for women. Women's equality might seem like a slightly overworked topic in the United States, but countries who have ratified this treaty include fghanistan and a wide variety of third world countries where the rights of women may be a much newer idea.
The Second article gives reasons why women might have difficulty being elected to office, and again, at first glance, might sound like complaining to mericans, who have been exposed to the idea of women's equality for decades. I think women who want to take an active part in politics need to be very careful (as anyone in any other group would have to) so they don't sound like complainers.…...
For there to be an a priori sexual origin, people would be born with a sexual orientation and culture would have no impact in shaping people's sexual identity. To this end, a gay male in the 19th century would be exactly the same as a gay male in the 21st century, and this cannot be the case. The struggles faced by a gay male hundreds of years ago are vastly different from those faced by a male today. Instead of sexual origin -- the conceptual framework of the essentialist/constructivist approach -- it is more useful to conceive of sexuality as existing within the binary between minoritivizing and universalizing. Concepts of sexual origin are fallacious because they are totalizing and attempt to ascribe the same worldview to people within a particular sexual orientation. Moreover, the sexual origin approach suggests that one's gender is indistinct from their sexuality, which cannot be…...
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Works Cited
de Beauvoir, Simone. "Introduction. The Second Sex." Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives. New York: Routledge, 2010. 34-42.
Foucault, Michel. "Part Two: The Repressive Hypothesis." The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction. 1502-1521.
Dara irnbaum's Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman is meant to discuss gender roles from society's perspective. The Wonder Woman character in the film constantly changes from a secretary into a super hero and has audiences concentrate on a few particular issues. irnbaum emphasizes the fact that television is meant to trick people in ignoring several otherwise obvious things. Instead of focusing on the matters that they usually considered when seeing Wonder Woman-related films, viewers observed the superficiality in the film and the fact that it put across a biased perspective regarding women.
2. Society had been accustomed to discriminating women freely at the time when Maya Deren produced Meshes of the Afternoon and it was thus more difficult for her to express her feminist convictions. Even with that, one can sense the frustration in the film's protagonist, especially given that she has trouble understanding society and how it works. The interference of the…...
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Bibliography:
Sitney, P. Adams, Visionary Film, (Oxford University Press).
Dir. Dara Birnbaum. Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman
Dir. Martha Rosler. Semiotics of the Kitchen
Dir. Carolee Schneeman. Fuses Dir. Maya Deren. Meshes of the Afternoon
Cristina Tzintzun writes about the intersection between gender and racism in "Colonize This!" The author's identity has been shaped largely by antagonism toward her father, who claimed to be a liberal hippie but who was really a racist, sexist bastard. He cheated on her mother throughout their relationship, and when she was just three years old, Tzintzun witnessed him having sex with another woman. Tzintzun also claims that her father beat and emotionally abused her Mexican mother.
As a result, Cristina struggles with her identity, both in terms of gender and race. Colonization highlights the intersectionality of gender and race. It is impossible for Tzintzun to call herself just a person of color, because she is a woman of color -- someone who experiences discrimination both because she is female and because she is brown. Moreover, Tzintzun was given a series of mixed messages when she was a child.…...
In summing up the essential dilemma for today's woman as she contemplates -- while being handicapped as non-equal partners with males in the workplace (females are paid less than men for the same work) -- either using her reproductive ability or launching a career, Mcilliams offers this succinct verity: "They have the worst of both worlds: the burdens of limitations and the hazards of opportunity" (30).
Are omen Eschewing Marriage because of the Impact of Feminism?
or is the lessening of the value of marriage due to other dynamics?
Mcilliams, a psychoanalyst / therapist by profession, is not saying that feminism has taken a toll on the institution of marriage. Quite the contrary, Mcilliams simply points out the truth as to what choices women are obliged to face. Many bright, forward-thinking women (in particular younger adult women) keep"…all involvements with men" at "arm's length" because they do not wish to be "…dominated,…...
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Works Cited
Baehr, Amy R. (2009). Conservatism, Feminism, and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. Hypatia, 24(2),
101-120.
Cherlin, Andrew J. (2009). The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today. New York: Vintage Books.
Hall, David D. (2004). Puritans in the New World: A Critical Anthology. Princeton, NJ:
" A story narrating the life of the abused Minnie Foster, wife to John Wright, and her killing of her husband as a means to express her oppression and experiences of abuse from him. Like the narrator's downfall to insanity in "Yellow wallpaper," Minnie's character in "A jury" reflects the lack of avenue for women to express their feelings and thoughts, resorting instead to actions that are considered deviant in society, such as succumbing to insanity or committing murder.
Communication is considered vital in the story, for it is through understanding Minnie's psyche that the protagonists were able to uncover the truth about John Wright's murder. Evidently, Glaspell attempts to illustrate and celebrate the differences between men and women's way of communicating: female communication through intuition and implied meanings behind 'feminine talk' demonstrates superiority over the unimaginative forms of communication expressed by the male characters in "A jury." Implied meanings played…...
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Bibliography
Atwood, M. (2003). "You fit into me." In Poems. J. Kelly (Ed.). NY W.W. Norton.
Gajjala, R. (1999). "Third world perspectives' on cyberfeminism." Development in Practice, Vol. 9, Issue 5.
Gilman, C.P. (2002). "The yellow wallpaper." In Worlds of fiction, R. Rubenstein and C. Larson (Eds.). NJ: Prentice Hall.
Glaspell, S. (2002). "A jury of her peers." In Worlds of fiction, R. Rubenstein and C. Larson (Eds.). NJ: Prentice Hall.
The body of elected officials would be quite different, with no Sarah Palins or Nancy Pelosis being taken at all seriously, or even being given attention by the media. The media itself would also be very different, with probably no (or almost no) female anchors or reporters, allowing the male view of society to completely dominate and in effect become (or remain, as it may have been) the only relevant perspective from which to discuss pertinent issues. That is, our entire understanding of the world would be much more limited and narrowly focused. This shows that in addition to the intrinsic problems of injustice, unfairness, oppression and repression that a world without feminism would endure, there would also be practical problems in a reduced ability to explain and engage with our world.
Despite this fact, however, there are still many in the world that oppose feminism for various reasons Some…...
The term global perspective actually has a few different meanings, depending on the discipline. It can refer to an individual’s personal lens and how they view the globe; to various perspectives about an issue from around the globe; and to views linked to globalization and the impact of individual or nation-wide actions on the world and its inhabitants. We are going to provide a range of topic suggestions that incorporate all of these different definitions of global perspectives, with the most suggestions coming from the last topic, as it is the most commonly used across academic disciplines.
Shakespeare may be the most popular broad topic for essays in English classes. He wrote some of the most well-known works in the English language and, while he is known for his plays, he is also known for poetry. English essays may focus on his works, but it is also possible to write compelling essays about Shakespeare’s life, including the enduring popular topic of whether Shakespeare was the true author of the works credited to him.
Here are some essay title suggestions:
Bringing Home the Bacon: Questions About the Authorship of Shakespeare’s Plays
In turn-of-the-century America, there were some major civil rights advances for some groups, while other groups saw no advances in their civil rights and even saw advances that had been made begin to erode. The time period was well after the end of the Reconstruction era and the beginning of Jim Crow laws, the rise of the suffragette movement, and a continued assault on rights for Native Americans. There was also a significant increase in anti-Asian discrimination. Here are some suggested titles and thesis statements for an essay about civil rights in this era.
Job opportunities and working conditions for Canadian women during the period between 1880 and 1920 were fairly limited. Women were expected to be part of the labor force, but only until they married. At that time, men were expected to be the primary breadwinners and married women were discouraged from participating in the workforce. In fact, over all the progress towards women’s rights in Canada has been relatively slow.
Technically, the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century offered many opportunities for advancement for women’s rights. Women began to attend universities and....
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