In Sophocles’ play Antigone, there is a constant battle between males and females in society. Sophocles’ use of character analogy and context of the play help the reader understand the breach between males and females. The setting of this literary work was believed to written during 441 B.C. in Athens, Greece when it was believed that men had social superiority over women. Antigone, the protagonist, played a strong, independent woman who Creon, the new king of Thebes and antagonist, had trouble…
Critical feminist and political economy theories were incorporated into the anthropological discipline in the 1960’s and 70’s as social and political climates were changing around the world. Academia was influencing and being influenced by new or progressive social agendas and this carryover was instrumental in the popularity, dissemination, and depth of critique for these concepts. Around this time scholars began what has now become a tradition in the discipline, which is that of introspection…
The New Girl Order In the American Culture, male gender’s never thought before that female gender would be becoming smarter and powerful by their occupation and education compare with them. From our cultural history, we dominance female gender from everything’s because of their strange and education. We thought female were good at house and society. In the nineteenth century, there were fewer jobs for female, and especially they spent their mush of days at house. In those time, they are not…
Although the words sex and gender are often used interchangeably, they have two different meanings from a sociological perspective. Sex is a biological characteristic that determines whether someone is a male or a female (Carter 2011). Gender, however, is socially constructed based on definitions as to what is “masculine” or “feminine” (Carter 2011). This paper delves into the social forces that can influence gender in any culture. Social forces include anything that is a part of the social…
should tackle the problem of bullying towards teens in the LGBT community by the direct approach like rallies, changing laws and society, but also indirect approach like videos of help and educating about gender and sexuality differently to accept a wider range of students with different genders and sexuality. We need to because there is still much discrimination towards…
am a first generation Muslim living in a post 9/11 nation, I can detect the discrimination against my parents because of their faith. Although America us a society of contradiction, we often struggle with issues such as gender, religious, and sexual orientation inequality. Gender inequality…
Most feminists would agree that feminism is a movement that empowers women to break free of the chains of male supremacy and also a movement that allows them to find level footing on the uneven turf of gender inequality. However, tension arises when people contend over how women can and should escape from the misogynistic fetters that restrain their true identity. What exactly does a free, independent woman look like and most importantly, how is she able to achieve that freedom from male…
Olympics, rather they discuss whether or not they liked her dress when she gave her acceptance speech for the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYS. “Acts and gestures, articulated and enacted desires create the illusion of an interior and organizing gender core,” wrote Butler (Norton, 2549). Now that Jenner expresses her true womanly self, her body, in all of its materiality, is now a canvas for people to dictate where she can or cannot participate in…
Before race began it was thought women were property of men. In the history was so based on that one statement, it did effect the outcome of American history. America was mostly western Christian influenced, values and rules were practice throughout the country. In the bible it stated women are helper of men and so. There is reason women can’t be pastor or a priests of the church. But what are the roles of women under Christian religion? The beginning in Genesis, it explain how God created life…
Throughout the process of historicizing the past, women are primarily left out of the history books and stories for their contribution to civilization. However through the unearthing of antiquity it is clear that women were prominent in both the advances and declines of human society and culture. Using examples from three different regions of Africa this essay will discuss the influence that women had in shaping the history of African politics, culutre, and society. Ancient Egypt is an African…