Feminist theory

“Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Thought” by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson takes a disability studies approach to redefining how we think of identity in a feminist context. Written in 2002, this piece neatly falls into what could be classified as a staple of Third Wave Feminism, in that it takes a more intersectional approach, considering not only how disability factors in with an individual’s sense of self, but also how it interacts with other areas of a person’s life. Specifically,…

widely discussed. To begin with the academic perspective, professor Andrew Bretz examines the ways in which teaching about rape and sexual assault has been altered due to movements such as the SlutWalk. Bretz, in his article titled Making an Impact: Feminist Pedagogy and Rape Culture on University Campuses takes an in-depth look at how the teaching method of professors and educators has been altered (16). He discusses how due to the rise in discussion surrounding this topic, teachers need to be…

In Bodies that Matter Judith Butler replies to the criticism of her earlier book Gender Trouble. She argues with the feminist thinkers who see the body as matter--a material body with a sexual specification. According to her the body does not exist beyond a cultural construction. It serves as a site for the feminist theory independently of such a pre-discursive definition. In her introduction she explains: For surely bodies live and die; eat and sleep; feel pain, pleasure; endure illness and…

Feminist criminology came about because criminology focused on male criminals and the crimes that they were committing as well as a perceived forgetting about women in traditional crime studies. Criminology is the study of crime and criminal justice while covering a variety of topics and for those of the feminist school of thought say that the principal theories of criminality have been developed, validated and focused on male subjects. This kind of sexism influences punishment, sentencing and…

conservative thinking on the one side they are talking about women rights on the other had they are considering white women have right to live.Taliokng about Dr. Ritu Tyagi in his journal “Understand post-colonial feminism in relation with post-colonial and feminist” discussing the issue of Harem and veil and quoted Fatima Mernissie who argued that: “there is an ideological divide in Muslim society between…

Concept ID #2: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Traditional Gender Roles Equality between the sexes is a popular topic in the 21st century. Charlotte Perkins Gilman laid the foundation for feminist theory in her work “Women and Economics” by analyzing traditional gender roles and the inequalities between these roles. She wrote in a way that demanded the men in power to listen to her work in a meaningful manner. The oppression that Gilman speaks of throughout this work is still very relevant in today’s…

FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF “TIP DRILL” Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. popularly known in the American music industry as Nelly came out with “Tip Drill” on his 2003 remix album Da Dertty Versions, he featured the St. Lunatics on this song. The expression tip drill is a slang vulgar expression, describing a well-known ugly girl with a nice body, hefty breast and backside. The lyrics of “Tip Drill” describe a girl who can only attract the opposite sex with her body and not her face, she is cheap and ready to…

Our human community and population existence depends solely upon healthy systems of plants, water, soil, and air around the world. The pollution and destruction of these natural systems has been studied since the sixties, and from this study the science of ecology and ecofeminism emerged. Ecofeminism concerns the male domination over women in the world and its connection to the destruction of the natural world. Nature and women both hold a very inferior position in the world, which, link them…

first place” (Fausto-Sterling, 5). This quote additionally proves the author's reason to why she believes that gender norms are socially and not scientifically like some individuals want to propose. Furthermore, the author refers to the “second-wave feminists of 1970s” and states that this is an idea that states, “that sex is distinct from gender that social institutions, themselves designed to perpetuate gender inequality, produce most of the differences between men and women” (Fausto-Sterling,…

Firestone, a radical feminist, attacked the idea of the “biological family” with a close eye on the idea that biological division of labor created through reproduction is the primary cause for male domination. Firestone’s arguments through her own book continued to be developed in the book Further Adventures of Dialect of Sex. This book is composed by multiple feminists who use theory to address several issues that pertain to women’s rights. The key debate that occurs in this book address, once…