According to radical feminist scholar Catharine MacKinnon (1989)‚ consent is simply lacking around the existence of rape. In numerous instances‚ women’s sexual consent has been understood intently and expansively; and the simplicity of the absence revolving around resistance or refusal. Thus‚ feminists have critiqued this approach which regards unconscious women as consenting (MacKinnon‚ 1989: p. 340; Archard‚ 1998: p. 85). It is often assumed that the appearance of a woman‚ location‚ status‚ attire
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Media Representation 1 Objective: * To understand the mature of representations and stereotypes * Bea able to apply concepts learned to the relationship between representation and ideology as the apply to gender * Socially constructed : We construct the social Representation * Communication is achieved through shared signs and symbols e.g. language * The media communicate with their audiences through a process of representation by using familiar signs and symbols. * The
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http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2013001/article/11766/11766-3-eng.htm 4 Lewis‚ J. (2015‚ January 1). What Is Radical Feminism? Retrieved January 21‚ 2015‚ from http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/g/radicalfeminism.htm 5 Schwamberger‚ M. (2008‚ January 2). Women ’s and Gender Studies Blog. Retrieved January 21‚ 2015‚ from http://feminism-gender.blogspot.ca/2008/01/radical-feminism.html The Royal Commission on the Status of Women. (2011‚ January 1). Retrieved January 21‚ 2015‚ from http://www
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Assess functionalist views of the role of the family. What do Functionalists believe the role of the family is? Try to back these up using examples of functionalist sociologists. The whole family has an important part to play within our society and each member have a job to do to keep the family together. Just as Talcott Parsons suggested the theory of functionalism means that the function of anything is about the job that is set to do. However Parsons‚ along with Wilmott and Young argued that
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Many feminist argue that patriarchy is the root of gender inequalities in the world. There are many formal definition of the term “patriarchy”‚ in general‚ patriarchy is a social construct in which masculine qualities are valued more than feminine qualities. Traditionally‚ patriarchy is explained in terms of the household. That is‚ a woman is limited to the household tasks‚ and her husband is the head of the house who determines how much freedom the wife has within the house. In this paper I argue
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it does not appear she has written any other articles. Although not an expert on the subject of Chopin‚ Streater makes a unique and convincing argument in her article. She uses expert quotes to bolster her position that “to focus solely on Edna’s radical feminism is to limit Chopin’s exploration of feminism itself” (409). This argument is unique‚ as the author describes‚ because many critics dismiss Adele all together as a feminist. Chopin’s depiction of Adele as a “mother-woman” muddies the water
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religion and friendship‚ but the idea of the play that interested me the most was the role of women. The two women that are in this play take on the role of the saviors of the men who seem helpless and hopeless compared to them. Influences of the Radical Feminist Perspective in The Merchant of Venice Angela Caravella 2006 The role that women play within many Shakespearian plays often highlights their perseverance‚ strength‚ and intelligence. This perhaps indicates the playwright’s understanding
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The key goals of Reconstruction were to readmit the South into the Union and to define the status of freedmen in American society. The Reconstruction era was marked by political‚ not violent‚ conflict. Some historical myths are that the South was victimized by Reconstruction‚ and that the various plans of Reconstruction were corrupt and unjust. Actually‚ the plans were quite lenient‚ enforcing military rule for only a short period of time‚ ignoring land reform‚ and granting pardons easily. The task
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that threatened white culture. The ‘Redeemers’ (southern Democrats) who eventually overthrew the abolitionists’ corrupt movement‚ were heroes who saved the southern way of life and white culture. Foner articulated this viewpoint as such‚ “vindictive Radical Republicans fastened black supremacy upon the defeated South‚ unleashing an orgy of corruption presided over by unscrupulous carpetbaggers‚ traitorous scalawags‚ and ignorant freedmen.”2 The next school of thought presented came into being during
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between what the reformers were doing and what the Anabaptists were doing. “The Reformers aimed to reform the old Church by the Bible; the Radicals attempted to build a new Church from the Bible.”1 There are also many great leaders from this radical group of Christians that need to be studied to know where this group was coming from. There is much more to this radical group known as the Anabaptists than meets the
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