A Matter of Time By Shashi Deshpande. Feminist Press at the CUNY‚ 1999. Reviewed by Sudha S. Balagopal I first read a A Matter of Time a few years ago‚ when it was published in India. The book made a deep impression on me‚ with its sensitive story of rebuilding and hope. After its more recent release in the US‚ I read it again‚ enjoying it even more.Very few books can lay claim to that fact for me. In A Matter of Time‚ a father‚ named Gopal‚ with three almost-grown girls‚ decides he has had
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Critique of an Argument (Also called Analysis‚ Rhetorical Analysis‚ or Close Reading) What it is: A critique is an essay in which you evaluate (comment on the positive and negative aspects of) an essay or article. A critique can be positive (reasons the argument worked)‚ negative (reasons the argument did not work)‚ or shaded (reasons parts of it worked and parts of it didn’t). When you write a critique‚ it is important to keep in mind that you are not making suggestions for the author—odds
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government works to oppress women. The government works to separate and discriminate those individuals who are displayed as “outliers”. African American women‚ to be specific‚ are targeted because of their race as well as their gender. Crenshaw (1991) argues that the reason for many problems in identity politics are because it ignores many of the groups that have conflicts within each other. Crenshaw felt that the needs of many women were seen as more important than
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many to distinguish the facts from the opinions‚ as well as misconceptions. One of the topics to be blown into the spotlight in the past few years has been feminism‚ with what at first glance appears to be a dichotomy- a person is either a feminist or an anti-feminist. The battle calls into question what feminism really is‚ considering its diversity in regards to its followers‚ and the reason why the "meninist" culture has sprung. There are three
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feminism has been the most predominant form of feminism for explaining reasons why women are more likely to be victims of gendered intimate violence. Radical feminist claim that men’s natural behaviour is orientated toward the control of women. For radical feminists’ women are more likely to be victims of gendered intimate violence because of the gender disparity that exists within society. A society that is powered and determined by its patriarchal structure that allows‚ legitimates and reinforces women’s
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Madison J. Alves English 1C 4:15-5:45pm Prof. Motoike Argue For Your Grade Dear students of first year college English‚ also known here at El Camino as English 1A‚ it is time to learn how to argue in your work. Not just any arguments though‚ you must learn to place logical‚ ethical‚ and sometimes even emotional points in your papers. The most important technique to learn at this time in your education would be the use of logos in your essays. Logos is logic based arguments in written
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Feminist Language Planning: Has it been worthwhile? Anne Pauwels University of Wollongong 1 Feminism and language There is no doubt that feminism has been and continues to be one of the main social movements of this century. Its impact is felt in many societies around the world and in many spheres of life. The women ’s or feminist movement strives‚ amongst other things‚ for the elimination of gender discrimination and for the greater recognition of women ’s contributions to society
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Previous to the emergence of feminist theories in the 1960’s and 70’s the criminal justice system and studies surrounding it were developed under the assumption that males were the predominate perpetrators and victims of crime- particularly in cases regarding interpersonal violence. Whilst this was and still is true‚ the number of women being involved in interpersonal crimes is increasing‚ causing a new wave of interest as to what circumstances a woman finds herself involved in a criminal situation;
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express themselves. So then came the creation of feminism‚ which is the advocacy of women’s rights to be equal to that of men in society. Donald Hall‚ an American literary critic‚ argues in his book Literary and Cultural Theory that the “key to all feminist
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Another big reason why feminism should be embraced more in today’s society is because of stereotypes. Many people have realized that certain stereotypes aren’t true‚ but that doesn’t mean assumptions aren’t still made about gender. In fact‚ these gender stereotypes have become more like rules that a specific gender is supposed to follow. A few examples‚ among many‚ would be that women cook and clean‚ raise children‚ are flirts‚ are not as strong as men‚ and do not like things that may make them
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