Sex-positive feminism

The personal is political is a phrase commonly associated with feminism and the women’s movement, in particular, a paper written by Carol Hanisch in 1969. The personal is political is a way of reminding women they are likely not alone in struggles they are facing, and the reason for these struggles can lie in the oppressiveness of society. Hanisch was just one of many activists who have fought for women’s rights and equality. In her paper, Hanisch (1969) states that information gathering…

sexuality, raising of awareness of women’s rights and issues and presentation of positive role models all contribute to making it a narrative that is inherently feminist. Gender stereotypes provide generalizations about the attributes and roles that each sex plays, which angers feminists because these generalizations cause them to be treated inequitably. For example, women have long been thought of as the weaker sex and have therefore been treated as such. However, Wild’s main protagonist…

Feminism is constantly changing and the role of women in society is always evolving. In John Fante’s Ask the Dust, we are shown a slice of what life was like for women in the 1930’s Jone Johnson Lewis from womenshistory.com explains feminism as, “consisting of ideas and beliefs about what culture is like for women just because they are women, compared to what the world is like for men just because they are men. In ethical terms, this form or aspect of feminism is descriptive.” The assumption in…

For over a century, women have tackled the task of gaining equality with men. It is considered a complex and societial shifting movement. The emphasis on feminism has grown exponentially in the last few decades, taking wind alongside the Civil Rights Movement. The increase of feminism has also been the result of the popularity of the topic on social media. Websites, like Buzzfeed, show strong support for the feminist movement. The search for equality among men and women has been a fierce battle…

their children on how they act and what they wear. But it is also prevalent in the recent feminist movement known as, third wave feminism. The main goal of the third wave of feminism is to redefine the structure of the male dominated world by targeting three aspects (Synder 175). Those three targets include representing interconnected but various personal narratives of feminism, being more vocal and more action driven on mutual concerns, and an inclusive and nonjudgmental approach to…

quest to understand humanity, essentialism has also been tasked with understanding more specific facets of human identity, including race and, more importantly to my argument, gender. Gender and essentialism have a long and fraught history within feminism. Essentialism has been used within understandings of gender to support the existence of a distinct gender binary. Differences between the male and female body biologically, have been used to justify the idea that there are essential…

What is feminism? According to Merriam-Webster, feminism is “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes (M. Webster).” The stigmatism behind the word feminism however, is still apparent in today’s society and is something that the F-Word works to eliminate. The F-Word was originally founded two to three years ago and was made to de-stigmatize the word ‘feminism’ along with attempting to create a club that practices intersectional feminism through tangible actions…

When discussing the different feminist theories, it is highly important to define feminism. Whenever we discuss feminism often or not, patriarchy is brought to the table. Looking through the lenses of women today; we notice different situations because of the diversity among ourselves (women in this case). Skin color, gender, sexual orientation, religion and nationality all play a huge role in the discussion of what connects women to each other. We will be taking a look at how patriarchy…

The general public of men seems to have an idea of feminism that does not make since. Most of them think feminism as burn all bra’s and anti men. There is the idea of stigma that comes with the name of a feminist women might get attack for just calling themselves a feminist. Gender consciousness is being considerate and knowable able that there are different types of sex and how people identify and respecting it. Feminist consciousness is based on the difficult…

perceived to be the subordinate sex, while a man’s masculinity places him in a superior position. In United States contemporary society, these gender ideologies limit the extent of “appropriate responsibilities” for each sex. Society has assigned roles to each gender and the adults are responsible for passing those views on to the youth of the next generation. Over the past decades women vigorously fought for their rights to be equal to men; the creation of feminism allowed women to mold…