Infanticide

It is plausible that adopting feminist approaches to criminal law consequently lead to increased criminalisation. There are several distinct branches of feminism; many feminists campaign for legal reform, leading to changes in the law . Feminist jurisprudence argues that the justice system is a manifestation of patriarchy, which may be evident in the lack of female judges. Feminist research also includes criminal violence against women, particularly by men and of a sexual nature . The…

put my babies where they’d be safe.” He tells her that her love is “too thick.” Sethe asks what else she could have done, and Paul D responds, “You got two feet, Sethe, not four,” indicating that she is a human, not an animal. In the article "Infanticide as Slave Resistance: Evidence from Barbados, Jamaica, and Saint-Domingue," J.M. Allain writes, " While abolitionists tended to portray slave mothers as wholly selfless, doting, and maternal, pro-slavery writers described slave mothers as…

because of this fact that female babies in Athenian societies were often subject to infanticide at the discretion of the father. Within Spartan societies, women were regarded with slightly higher honor; however, that honor was only bestowed upon them by their sons. Sparta’s consistent need for soldiers put an emphasis of importance on a woman’s ability to bear children. Female babies were not as often subjected to infanticide in Sparta because, while males were preferred, females were also…

annually, which corresponding to 125,000 abortion per years. There are different reason for abortions but it includes gender preference and birth defects. In China and India the number of gender preference for boys is ever growing and the female infanticide is done illegally. These are countries with massive population and the statistic of illegal abortions are missed out. Especially in China where One Child policy is practiced and the demand for having male children is largely disproportionate…

for the children in the poem, Doshi uses numerous concrete nouns - "girl", "woman", "penis" - instead of using metaphor and making the effect more docile. This shows how the speaker in The Deliverer doesn't want to trivialise the act of female infanticide and she'd rather accept the guilt of taking children from Kerala to Milwaukee where the "girl grows up on video tapes" and "sees how she's passed from woman to woman" at face value, in a bid to change…

Are all Cultures Just as Valid? “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” To understand cultural relativism, we must first understand what culture is. The word “culture” originally meant care for growing living things, such as plants. A culture is a set of ideas and ways of acting that is developed by a group of people who interact with each other, and that influences how they live. Cultures are passed down from generation to generation through words, through expressive actions, and through things…

The emergence of agriculture would have introduced new forms of inequality and power in human societies due to a variety of social, environmental and geographical factors that relate to the advancement of human technology and practices. The transition from a nomadic, forager lifestyle to sedentism 15,000 years ago saw great social changes in the way of life that humans lived. Population growth caused by sedentism put pressure to increase agriculture and other advancements construction of early…

Historically, faith has had a massive impact on shaping American culture into what it is today in the modern era. Due to its widespread effect, faith has been a big topic in the realm of American Literature and media. While imprisoned in the Birmingham jail following a repulsed non-violent civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. penned “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” King’s powerful letter written primarily to white Christian leaders of the South utilizes many rhetorical strategies…

Quipped by singer Judy Collins, “Suffering is the price of being alive.” In the novel The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, Wang Lung, along with his family, goes through life in 1930s China, experiencing tribulation and prosperity. The Good Earth sends a universal message about a life full of struggle, in hopes to thrive and be successful. The book, wasting no time with frivolous love stories or fairytale endings, focuses mainly on the hardships of Wang Lung. A poor farmer, he depends heavily on his…

retribution on Jason, Medea’s criminal character becomes complete with her murder of Glauce and Creon and ultimately her own children. Granted, both the ancient and modern audiences can agree upon the fact the Jason deserved his fate, but Medea’s act of infanticide is where the line is drawn. However, Euripides in leaving Medea unharmed, comments on the nature of justice, revealing that justice doesn’t always mean…