Lesbian feminism

Hook :“We are stronger in the places that we’ve been broken” (Hemingway). Explain Quote: Hemingway was broken by the many women of his life, however these experiences allowed him to become a stronger man. Tell about: Ernest Hemingway has been described as a “manly man” and used his masculinity not only to prove his personal qualities, but also to attract and impress the multiple women within his life. Tell about: The experiences and relationships he had with these women would go on to shape…

The aim of our production was to use Brechtian performance methods to highlight the issues of gender and power, drawing inspiration from ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’ whilst using 1950’s gender tropes as a context. According to Elin Diamond (Diamond 1988) gender is made up of the ‘words, gestures appearances, ideas and behaviour that dominant culture understands as indices of feminine/masculine identity’. Our performance utilised gender normative elements to convey how these very…

Since the 1970s, feminist scholars have produced groundbreaking work on maternity such as Adrienne Rich’s Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution (1976). By decentering the male scholarly gaze across a variety of disciplines, these feminists brought forth issues related to maternity such as its complex and ambivalent nature, the social “reproduction of mothering” from mother to daughter, and its political and patriarchal constructions. Critiques of essentialist and romanticized…

“‘Either you are a right good woman or else a right wicked woman’” (Kempe 83). Determining the exact label for Margery Kempe is debatable amongst scholars, as it was amongst her peers. While Kempe does exhibit convictions that can be found in “The Thirty-Seven Conclusions of the Lollards,” many scholars argue that Kempe’s beliefs were entirely orthodox. However, it is possible that Kempe was influenced by the radical preaching’s of the Lollards, and chose specific tenets in which to believe –…

The Difference in Gender Roles Laylee Ramirez Western Oklahoma State College Abstract Gender roles have changed significantly over generations. Women have been in charge of child care responsibilities throughout history. However, in today’s society, men and women can both tend to child care responsibilities and work outside of the household. The Difference in Gender Roles Do you ever wonder why there is a difference in gender roles? I have wondered why in past generations, women felt the need…

Elisabeth Lloyd is a philosophical author, who wrote “Feminism as a Method: What Scientists Get That Philosophers Don’t”. In her book, Lloyd discusses the impact that the role feminism, the philosophy about women, has in scientific research. Lloyd’s position is that feminism can be and should be a significant key and role in making scientific research objective and rigorous. Going along these lines, this means that the influence of feminism on scientific methods is an example about how…

The theme courage is shown in both of the stories “Making Sarah cry” and “Susan B Anthony Dares To Vote”. Both of the characters in these stories show courage. In the informational text “Susan B Anthony Dares To Vote” she is trying to help all the women get the right to vote even though she could have been arrested at any point in time. In the poem “Making Sarah Cry” Sarah helped the narrator when she sees him starting to cry so she goes up to them and stands up to them even though she knew that…

The progressive era in the late 1800s and early 1900s served as a turning point for women regarding the role they play in society. The traditional woman was domesticated and obligated to suppress opinions, both of which resulted in a lack of freedom. Some women and organizations wanted change. They worked to obtain the right to vote, as well as gain economic, political and social equality. In the novels The Great Gatsby and Dracula, the differences of a traditional woman and today's modern woman…

Often in modern society, people are told whether or not they should participate in an activity because of their gender or because that particular activity is either too “feminine” or too “masculine.” Certain activities are said to be “for girls,” like cooking and shopping, and others that are “for boys,” like sports and playing video games. The assignment of gender to an action, behavior, or characteristic is referred to as a gender role. Traditional gender roles establish passiveness,…

Mixed emotions in “A White Heron” and “Story of an Hour” How do two completely different stories with contrasting plots use similar themes to bring out a similar feeling regarding characters? It happens in “Story of an Hour,” and “A White Heron,” and it’s interesting to see how in the two stories, there’s a similarity that can be seen once read between the lines. The first story, “A White Heron,” is about a young city girl, Sylvia, who moved to the country to live with her grandmother on a farm…