What is feminism? Girl power • Spice Girls • Beyonce o “Who run the world” song Women can manipulate men with their sexuality Men become subdued by women’s sexuality Women’s power is not physical ¬– sexual power Women have the power to give birth to a child and go back to business (work or sex?) Equality: sameness The women don’t go through the riot shields (held by the men) Female support (backup dancers are female) • Sex and the City o Post-feminism o You can’t
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Feminism and anti-feminism in Sula: Right or wrong? Feminism has been in society for decades. In some societies‚ we see how women are kept in their boundaries. In some countries women have to cover their entire bodies in clothing to keep from dishonoring their families. In most traditional societies a woman is to remain virginal to be considered worthy of marriage. In America‚ women were constrained to the household and weren’t allowed to work or vote. These actions were and are considered by some
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Feminism is the advocacy for women’s rights and equality of the sexes that originated earlier than what people today may believe. The earliest acts and ideas of feminism have been traced back to ancient Greece‚ but the most well-known time period that fueled the feminist movement can be traced down to the 1800s. Studies made by the Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation reveal that a group of Americans‚ today‚ do not understand the true values and ideals of the feminist movement. A majority
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Persepolis and Feminism In the graphic novel Persepolis‚ there are several instances where readers can see highlights of feminism stemming from the female characters. I found it very interesting that characters such as Marjane Satrapi‚ her mother and grandmother exhibited many signs of independency and feminism. They are living in Iran during a time where individualism was persecuted along with religion and government views. People were executed and sent to jail for showing any sign of indifference
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Samuel Rodriguez 801-12-7900 INGL 3103-126 Prof. Nikita Nankov February 10‚ 2013 Feminism in literature Feminism is defined as a collection of movements and ideologies that are focused on establishing equal economic‚ political‚ and social rights for women. This includes equal employment opportunities for women. There is a big misconception of the feminist movement. A lot of people take a radical approach; they focus on a theory that there is a male supremacy to oppress women. The radical
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Feminism in Antigone Although ancient Greece was a male-dominant society‚ Sophocles’ Antigone portrays women as being strong and capable of making wise decisions. Antigone‚ the tragic heroine‚ rejects the traditional role of women. As such‚ Sophocles punishes Ismene for embodying traditional attitude. Moreover‚ Creon is punished for misogyny. Sophocles‚ accordingly‚ uses characterization to promote feminist ideas. Sophocles introduces a female character in Antigone who is a strong believer and
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Have No Fear‚ Equality is Almost Here! It should not come as a surprise that feminism is not exactly a “hot topic” of conversation for young women such as myself in this day and age. In fact‚ I have always considered the phrase‚ “feminist”‚ to be a negative connotation; at least I did before I took this class. Is this because I did not know what it meant to be a feminist? Or is it because every time I was exposed to the topic in the past‚ it was always pertaining to a group of radicals that
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Feminism of Poverty By Tarcia Grimes Presented To Professor Elke Cox February 20‚ 2012 Sociology 200 – B09 Liberty University The Feminism of Poverty The feminism of poverty can be described as a movement in political‚ economic and social equality for women‚ and is closely related to Liberalism. Feminism sees discrimination as a distinction of unequal treatment from all social‚ political and economic access for women. Feminism of poverty reaches all women‚ Black‚ White‚ Asian or English
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Feminism in Frankenstein Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein during an era in which women were fighting for a voice in life and society. Shelley reflected feminism from her personal life in this renowned gothic novel. The female characters of the novel were merely props and accents to the male characters of the novel. They made minimal contributions in the plot. The male characters viewed females as possessions and caretakers for their house and children. The roles of female characters in the novel
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Feminism in The Dollmaker Simon de Deauvoir complained that women writers seldom achieve the level of tragedy‚ but only five years later‚ Harriette Arnow published The Dollmaker and refused his statement (Rigney 81). Harriette Arnow writes The Dollmaker to shine a light on feminism in the 1950’s. Gertie Nevels is the main character in the book and when her husband goes off to war she is left to provide for herself and her kids. Rigney states that the protagonist‚ Gertie Nevels‚ is a mountain woman
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