Feminist theory

dependent position. Public patriarchy explains how women are oppressed by society with unequal rights between men and females. Economic marginalization theory states that women commit criminal acts because of their limited chances of success due to the inequalities they experience in society. In order to find sufficient evidence to support the theory, the researchers studied how both levels of patriarchy affect female crime rates within different geographical…

goal of bringing about a purposive change in the society. For example, the major feminist groups across the globe are organized groups of articulate women seeking a major shift in governmental policies concerning womenfolk. Examples of general social movement include labor movement, women movement, youth movement, etc. cultural drift is a major feature of general social movement. Example of cultural drift is the feminist movement. The groups have endured over the years and have made landmark…

Jorshinelle T. Sonza rightly debunks Dorothy Driver’s claim that Gordimer’s texts are “male centred” and do not give any depth to women (106). Unlike Things Fall Apart, Gordimer does not marginalize women. In fact, by depicting Hannah as a human rights activist, Gordimer is empowering women. At the same time, Gordimer is also valorising Black women over the White. Sonza says, Hannah is “flawed in her activism. It is Aila who undertakes the revolutionary struggle with intensity.” (107) But again…

were machine operators, mechanics, steel workers and most importantly independent of men. They would never go back to only being housewives again. The second wave of feminism was started in part by the publication of a book. This book titled “The Feminist Mystique” was penned by Betty Friedan and opened the eyes of many educated and oppressed women. (Linda Napikoski,2015) Betty herself was a mother of three, from a privileged upper middle class, the book examined the fact that women had no…

In book V, yes, Socrates suggests that men and women should be treated alike with respect to guardianship part of a larger argument in the Republic about the equality of the sexes. However, there is more to it. In order for women to be a part of this guardian class, to fulfill the same roles as men in society, women would need to gain the same knowledge/education, as men. A queen philosopher? But wait? Are women allowed to gain an education? No, women are forbidden to gain an education, can you…

Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” was written in a unique literary style known as epistolary or letter form. The style was widespread in European literature in the eighteenth century. Contrary to the perceptive narrators common most narratives, walker lets the reader to understand the inner self of a poor black woman. The epistolary method is used throughout the story. Walker seemingly subverts the customary male-dominated literary conventions and affirms her authority as an author by using…

people learn about feminist politics through the patriarchal…

Key Concept Explanation: Intersectional Feminism The most influential concept I have learned and revisited throughout all my WGSS courses is the meaning and implications of intersectional feminism. Intersectional feminism is the idea that while all women may face oppression, each woman’s oppression is unique as it is constructed by the interplays of social categorizations such as class, race, and culture. While the meaning of intersectional feminism has always been prominent in my personal life…

Do you believe that literature pose an argument? I strongly believe that literature can make an argument. Each literature make a different argument some address big and other small issues. Two pieces of literature that caught my attention were the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and the music video “Testify” by Common. They both try to prove an argument about gender especially how women are underestimate in society. In the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, the author provides…

The twentieth century has detected changed in almost every point of the ordinary lives of women, from the center area to the public views. Women movements has put considerable pressure on the effects to support equal opportunity for all women, and women's assemblies that are molded continually, transformed the thought from the past of the masculine shared prearrangement all over the biosphere. Monitored carefully by the commencement of World War I, these shared changes, which started at…