Black feminism

Throughout history, women’s rights have been a constant issue. In Hilary Clinton’s speech “Remarks to the U.N. 4th World Conference on Women Plenary Session” in 1995, she empowers women and declares that women’s rights are human rights, and that obstacles women face will no longer be silenced. Clinton begins her speech by immediately strengthening her credibility with lists, diction, her personal experiences, mentioning obstacles women encounter, and creating a sense of unity with her audience.…

was too young to comprehend what was going on, but by following what others around him were doing he unknowingly became part of the tradition as well. Whittier is able to grasp a main core assumption of feminism by drawing attention to the issues the males in the story face as well: that feminism is supposed to work towards the equal treatment of both men and women, and that it isn’t about superiority over one another. This helps to deepen the understanding of the story, and show just how…

“Why don’t you just leave?” If only it was that simple. Defined by the Office of Women, ‘Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behaviour that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power or control over another.’ Abusive relationships, dominated by men, are edging us toward a society where undervalued women are the norm. This contemporary topic is comparable to popular dystopian concepts as both highlight a society that will be flawed if men continue to exert control over women. Though…

Susan Glaspell’s Trifles is a controversial play: controversial because, first time reader get a different idea about the play each time. Some come to the conclusion that this play is empowering for women because of its ending and how the women in the story choose and decided to keep information from the men. Other feel that this story goes in a total opposite direction, that the story shows a narrative where women are left feeling powerless and nothing but a victim of a patriarchal society.…

Curley’s wife is characterized in a very interesting way. Someone is characterized by their actions, words and how the author shapes them as a person. No one knows her real name, nor is she designed to be a likeable character. She is the only woman living on the ranch and the men often called her names like “tart” or “tramp.” This is mostly due to the fact that she is pretty and knows it, wearing lots of makeup and over the top heels with ostrich feathers. She takes great pride in her…

Rebellion in The Handmaids Tale In the past, women have been persecuted to a point where they were treated in a completely different way. They were in a world that seemed to be a dark place with no hope, dreams, or sense of relief. Now, women have been given their natural rights, and they are now able to do everything males can do. Whereas, In the new society of Gilead, it is known that freedom is taken away from women. The Republic of Gilead is an autocratic society, especially for women.…

The time between innocence and experience is often marked by a series of changes that one must go through. Making this evolution as a female in the 1770’s was exceptionally demanding. Women tried to understand the world around them while fitting into subordinate positions to become proper members of society. This is true for Catherine, the young Cathy, and Isabella. Despite the difficulties that come with living in Wuthering Heights, they must learn to make this shift. In Bronte’s Wuthering…

Climatic scenes throughout the film also assist in emphasizing the way Spirited Away challenged traditional gender roles. Towards the end of the film Chihiro is no longer frightened by Yubaba’s outbursts or her obligation to rid the bath house of No Face without losing more workers. A juxtaposition is noted from her first meeting with No Face to her interactions with him towards the end of the film. Chihiro’s eyes are downcast because she embraces her meek and vulnerable personality because of…

But it was not easy for her to enroll at the technical school because those fields are considered only for men at that time. Although it was an unusual path for girls, she could enroll at the school. Valeria Babini wrote in a journal, “Science, Feminism and Education: The Early Work of Maria Montessori,” that “Having finished at the technical school which she may well have chosen for financial reasons” (47). She would not be accepted to the particular school if her family could not afford the…

What stereotypes of women are depicted in the text? Are female characters oversimplified? Weak? Foolish? Excessively naive? The stereotypes of women present in the novel are the type of the women that have to do all the chores around the house, keeping it clean while the man just lays around and drinks alcohol until there is no more (Walker, 8). For example, several women in the novel such as Celie are used for sex and other task, only the mother is sick and dying (Walker, 1&2). Several female…