While Mernissi criticizes the Western culture and El Saadawi criticizes the Eastern (mostly Arabian) one‚ they both utilize writing in an attempt to advance the communal cognizance of the inequality of the extant social standards and mores. The first and foremost issue of both texts is gender socialization. In Mernissi’s Size 6‚ for instance‚ one of the mentioned problems is that while women are required to look immature‚ childish and brainless‚ men are demanded to be maturer‚ bigger in both size
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Unrealistic Expectations In “Size 6: The Western Woman’s Harem”‚ Fatema Mernissi‚ a middle aged Moroccan woman‚ ventures into an American department store‚ only to find a stuck up saleswoman who seems to be degrading her because of her size. The woman tells Mernissi that the high end department stores only carry up to a size 6‚ and that that is the norm in America. Mernissi explains to us that in her hometown of Morocco‚ the men drool over her “generous hips”; while in America‚ men seem to like
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Mernissi begins by explaining the dining habits on Yasmina’s farm‚ “We never knew when we would eat. Sometimes‚ Yasmina only remembered at the last minute that she had to feed me” and then goes on to compare the difference between farm life and life in Fez “But dining in our harem in Fez was an entirely different story...we had to sit at our prescribed places” (116). Fez seems to be a place of the past for Mernissi while life on Yasmina’s farm seems to be her current situation. However as Mernissi
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July 21‚ 2012 Size Six Western Women’s Harem Critique The inconsistency’s found in the article size 6: The Western Women’s Harem‚ written by Marnissi eave one to question the arguments validity. She starts by sharing her shopping trip to purchase a skirt in New York City. Then she blames Western men for requiring women to be young and a size six to be considered attractive. She also refers to the Chinese foot binding era that was abolished in 1912 equal to Women’s size six‚ the same as
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Exploitation of the Female Mind: Fatima Mernissi’s exposure of the manipulative male in “The Harem Within” The ways with which Fatima Mernissi explains the reason for the power struggle between genders are carefully introduced in “The Harem Within”‚ a chapter from Dreams of Trespass. Mernissi assumes the identity of a female child‚ born into an Islamic family‚ in an attempt to elucidate the root of the gender bias that takes place not only in her family‚ but almost all Muslim communities; the complexities
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How much do you know about Fatema Almaomen? “ Happiness can be found even in the darkness of times if one only remembers to turn on the light.” -Albus Dumbledore which is Fatimas role model. When you are Fatima there is no limitations when it comes to wishes‚ favorite possessions‚ and even activities and hobbies. Fatema is a unique girl that has an amazing personality when it comes to wild wishes. One of her insane wishes that she wants to have is to meet J.K Rowling. One reason why she wants
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Kennesha Lee Professor Nenna ENC1102- 403997 27 July 2014 Thematic Synthesis of “The School Days of an Indian Girl” & “Size 6: The Western Woman’s Harem” In both essays “The School Days of an Indian Girl” by Zitkala-Sa and “Size 6: The Western Woman’s Harem” by Fatema Mernissi the theme is based around alienation and the definition of normal‚ which is tested when these ladies step outside of their homelands. In Zitkala-Sa’s essay she tells the story of a young Indian girl who‚ in transit
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Amy Nicole Clinger Professor Sonn Religion 317 – Women in Islam 10 May 2011 Fatima Mernissi: Evolving Feminism(s) Moroccan sociologist Fatima Mernissi is described by some as the “godmother” of Islamic feminism (Coleman 36). Much of her career and scholarship focuses on articulating and defending women’s rights in Muslim society. She is credited with publishing the first identifiable work of Islamic feminism‚ The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women ’s Rights in Islam
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how the media and popular culture portray African Americans. In this essay I hope to examine the life and some of the work of bell hook. In gaining a deeper knowledge of her work I then hope to compare her to Fatima Mernissi across a number of different subject areas. Fatima Mernissi‚ from an early age established herself as a campaigner for womens rights in Islam. Know as the first Islamic feminist‚ Mernissi’s classic study of sex roles ‚ sexuality and
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLASS SIZE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS BY OMOTERE ADUNOLA N.C.E.‚ B.Ed‚ M.Ed (in view) Published Online By: EgoBooster Books www.omotere.tk © 2013 Omotere Adunola ISBN: 978-1-105-40587-8 Published Online By: EgoBooster Books‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria. All rights reserved. Identification No: 45 File No: 201316219 Project Classification: Education. This research project is right protected. You do not have the right to modify the content
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