Liberal feminism

In the words of G.D. Anderson, “feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength (Pugachevsky).” This quote wraps up the original motives of the women at the beginning of the Second Wave of Feminism. Feminism is a hot topic in the media today, as was it over the past fifty years. The women of the Second Wave of Feminism, also known as the Women’s Liberation Movement, were trying to acquire the right to be equal to…

Ramon Suero ANT 211 11/16/16 Exam #2 Women have been facing discrimination and have been treated as inferior to their male counterparts for a long time in western societies. Feminism has been a form and platform for women to speak out against male counterparts when it comes to issues affecting society and their role in it. The struggles of women who have ancestry are from third-world, pro-colonialism nations contribute to the arguments of African feminist, Oyeronke Oyewumi and anthropologists,…

Feminism has had a profound effect on western culture in the past century, and is now beginning to affect the eastern culture as well. Feminism is the belief in social, political and economic equality of the sexes and is organized activity on the behalf of women 's rights and interest (Merriam 418). Feminist theory is one of the major contemporary sociological theories (Crossman n. pag.). History The term Feminism was first coined in France in the 1880s, originally said Feminisme. Femme…

Imagine what the United States would look like today if feminism never occurred at any point in history. Women would not have the right to vote, get a higher education, or even get a job in the work force. But because women throughout history have worked hard, Women are able to achieve greater things than they ever have before. Whether or not the four waves should be used to teach people about the history of feminism is a common dispute between feminists today. The four different feminist waves…

necessitated ‘special’ concern and responsiveness , as political and social structures are seen to continue to maintain inequalities and the dominance of male privilege. Radical feminism takes many forms, with Scales claiming it imperative for jurisprudential thought to ‘tap in’ to radical versions of feminism . Radical feminism gained traction through its contemplation of phallocentric theories and open hostile to the standing patriarchy, challenging the foundations of Western knowledge,…

upper or middle class individuals because accessing The New York Times requires monetary funds. In addition, because the piece is a justificatory editorial, it is more likely that liberal individuals would be reading the article. This is because the editorials featured by The New York Times generally argue in favor of liberal views on social issues. For this reason, the audience reading this article would also be interested in contemporary…

waves. First wave feminism arose in the context of industrial society and liberal politics but is connected to both the liberal women’s rights movement and early socialist feminism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in the United States and Europe. This period of feminist activity focused more on legal issues and involved gaining women’s suffrage and political equality. Concerned with access and equal opportunities for women, the first wave continued to influence feminism in both…

Review of Ladies Against Feminism One of the most successful forms of communication in the 21st century is blogging. Bloggers use all sorts of techniques in order to draw their audience in, whether it be through writing or visuals. There are many different kinds of blogs, and each blog tends to have some sort of theme. The blog Ladies Against Feminism uses rhetorical skills in order to reinforce the idea that females do not need to put their faith into feminism, but rather God. The primary…

A number of sources claim that the roots of feminism can be found in early Christian, Medieval, and Renaissance writings (). Indeed, while women had mostly been oppressed up until the mid-nineteenth century, some had managed to become distinguished historical figures. Famed 14th century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, for instance, was a teenage prodigy who was the first female member admitted to the Academia del Disengo; she managed to set up her own atelier, learned to read, and was…

The everyday feminism resonated with me as it encourages the society to move in a positive direction by volunteering, showing up in the marches, calling the local state representatives to take action, and getting people’s voices heard. Joining with the community and not giving up hope for a just and respectful world for all is a move in the right direction. It encourages people to dismantle the wrong and do better for the society by accommodating everyone. The Tumblr site is very interesting in…