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Patriarchy is defined as being a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family. The book Caetana Says No is about two women who are from two different parts of the caste system but both are dealing with patriarchy. Because of there social standings there experiences are different. Both of there stories take place in Brazil one is young the other old. Although both women are under patriarchs the affects differ. In Caetana’s story she rebels against her…

Socialization Abstract Socialization plays on important role in the construction of the gender and shows the link between social values and the touchstone of male domination. The gender socialization in the context of Deshpande’s novel A Matter of Time revolves around four generations of women Manorama, Kalyani, Sumi and Aru who are victims of cruelty exercised by patriarchal society where the measure of woman’s successful her married life, without which her all other accomplishments are…

In our caste-based Indian society, upper caste women are more advantaged than lower caste men and women. But the condition of lower caste women is worse because apart from caste discriminations, they even are the victims of gender discrimination in the domestic and social level too. The intersections of caste, class and gender express power relations in the political, economic, social and cultural domains and Dalit women’s suppression cannot be decontextualised from these realities. It is…

existing types and no more than that” (Schweickart). While there are no specific rules, there are some common ideals in feminist criticism. Patriarchy has different connotations for both genders. For men, patriarchy is associated with masculinity and male dominance. For women, patriarchy is oppressing in a social, political, economic and psychological aspect. It also marginalizes women by defining them as a deviation from masculinity. Literary texts mirror the constructions of life and due to…

“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality” -Lewis Caroll. However, the speaker of the poem “Ironing Their Clothes” by Julia Alvarez believed that imagination will create a reality. The speaker lacks affection from her family members since their lives are too busy for love. She uses her duty to connect with her father, mother, and sister by replacing them with their clothing. She believes that she can not only express her love for them through this, but also mend all of their…

Conclusion The primary purpose of this study is to examine Judith Butler theory of gender performativity. In her work Gender Trouble, she argues that gender identity cannot be biologically determined. She challenges the belief that certain behaviors are natural. Her argument is that gender and sex are not natural but they are constructed through the working of power in societies such as institutions, discourse, and practices. Consequently, gender is prompted by obligatory norms to be one…

Women were limited by gender roles in a male dominated society. Females had no outlet to move beyond the boundaries imposed on them as a result of their class and gender expectations. In “goblin market” Rossetti establishes a context which allows, or tries to allow, for the existence of the female…

Throughout the evolution of the modern-day woman, there have been endless instances in which women’s abilities have been belittled and underestimated. Yet, in these instances, women have overcome their circumstances and demonstrated the resilience of being a woman. Even though women have gained a substantial amount of social standing in the past century, there will always be those who view men as superior, more capable individuals. Susan Glaspell’s Trifles is a timeless feminist example of what…

venomous humors, due to a lack of orgasms and “uterine melancholy” Thus arose the idea of a female madness related to the lack of a normal sexual life: Plato, in Timaeus, argues that the uterus is sad and unfortunate when it does not join with the male and does not give rise to a new birth, and Aristotle and Hippocrates were of the same opinion (Women and Hysteria In the history of Mental Health…

Feminism is a powerful word and a movement that has inspired and empowered many with the simple meaning and goal for there to be equality between genders in all areas of life. There have been dozens of artistic and literary pieces which have contributed in some way to the spread of feminism. Feminist literature is considered to be a work which supports the goal of feminism, equality, and typically draws attention to the inequality problems between men and women in different areas of life, such…