Femininity

In Charlotte Bronte’s, Jane Eyre, her unexamined, culturally conditioned definitions of ‘success’ and ‘happiness’; shape the narrative through their contradicting definitions. According to Bronte, women have the same capacity for success and Independence as men. However, her subconscious cultural belief that a woman’s success is to be married is a contradiction of her first definition of success. This results in a struggle between these two beliefs in Jane Eyre. Furthermore, the culture…

Nowadays society does not know what equality means, anything a man can do, a women can do also. Women deserve leadership roles just as much as men do. Leaderships roles should be determined by characteristics not gender, women are just as capable as men. Women are significantly underrated in so many aspects when really they have ability to do anything a man is able to do if not better. Many believe that when women are in power they overuse it. Leadership is “the action of leading a group of…

The ideal characteristics of a ‘perfect man’ constructed in sports advertising are weighted to support certain discourses of how men should be, or how they should aspire to be. In the NIKE Football television advert, we see how gender roles are played out within the context of a sports field. The way the characters are positioned within this space provides an example of the social rules related to the performance of gender that manage this space. Masculine power, both physical and social, is…

Though gay rights have only recently been legally approved nation-wide, discussions on gender awareness, definitions, and queerness are not new. Whether these topics have been around for thousands of years or just in the last hundred, they have been sighted in many ways over time. One such way is in pop culture: the accumulation of materialistic things, such as fashion, songs, and objects, and the non-materialistic things, such as ideas, beliefs, and values, of a population. Society and pop…

Branding Feminism Have you ever wondered how media can affect how we treat other people? Through subtle marketing techniques, that many times we don’t even notice, our minds can be molded towards a way of thinking. The media in our society today has a huge effect on how we perceive what is normal for certain genders. The difference between genders is huge and many don’t even know there is a problem. That is why the popular fashion magazine, Elle, is trying to get the issue of feminism back into…

Medea remains a highly controversial work of literature because through it, Euripides seems to be making a statement about women in general, but his stance on women and feminism remains unclear. Euripides’s complex portrayal of Medea suggests both positive and negative aspects of women. He depicts Medea as a clever, manipulative, daring, dangerous, powerful woman. Using this technique, he puts women in a positive light, by suggesting that they are clever and powerful; on the other hand, he gives…

Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray have differences in each of their philosophical foundations. However, do these two women agree that a fear of a female body has different forms of women’s oppression in Western culture? Julia Kristeva verbalizes about bringing the body back into the discourses in the human sciences, the significance of the maternal body, and about abjection. Luce Irigaray verbalizes about the “new” feminine language to allow women to express themselves verbally. Both women…

Behind that unsmiling and fringed face, there is more that it can be seen. Jessica Walsh is not just a designer; she has become a humanitarian. It all started with her struggles in the design industry. People thought she was just an empowered woman; however, her remarkable success was not a trouble-free path. As she stated in her studio’s website, “I’ve experienced sexism before in my career, even from other women” (Answers – Sagmeister & Walsh). Nevertheless, in an interview for The Great…

For my first critical reaction, I selected Helen Icken Safa’s article Women’s Social Movements in Latin America. In her article, Safa, a former director of the Latin American Studies Center, focuses on an increased rate of participation in social movements by women, particularly those who are poorer. She takes information from political, economic, and social aspects of society to argue her point of why more women are participating. While Safa made many well-written points, my personal favorite…

The purpose of this study is to determine if male athlete perceptions of female athletic trainers affect their comfort levels with them during rehabilitation. Other purposes of the study were to determine the possible reasons male athletes can feel discomfort during rehabilitation. The representative sample that was used involved twenty collegiate male athletes enrolled in Kean University. A survey, checklist, and open ended question was given to the sample asking the male athletes…