Matriarchy

flourish: they cannot deny her the opportunity to be what she wants to be. I am hoping with the re-instillation of these principles our world can go from one that condones female genital mutilation to one of absolute equality; not a patriarchy, not a matriarchy- but simply a world of brothers and sisters who are living in submission to the one and only…

Victoria and she spent the rest of her life mourning him) and also as a representation of the need for balance within a society. Just as a patriarchy hinders the growth of a society and cannot function, seen by the Flower household’s dysfunction, a matriarchy is not a plausible solution. Without King Albert to provide balance, the lone Queen Victoria, falls down. Without both of the statues standing together in perfect unity, the garden falls to ruin. While the Magic Toyshop is told from a…

time when women are sexualized and objectified in so many cultures, the fundamental purpose of feminist movements is to empower women to have control over their lives and their own bodies. Empowering women does not mean decrying men or establishing matriarchy. The word “feminism” is used upon “egalitarianism,” in which women are not raised in power above men but rather showing society the values as well as improving the status of women. While there are many different respects which feminism…

The Victorian era was a nineteenth-century time period during which many political, economic, and social changes took place throughout England. One of the most prominent categories of discourse regarding this era is that of femininity and the Victorian woman, who was often suppressed and objectified by the patriarchal society in which she existed. However, during the later parts of the nineteenth century, women began to fight for and eventually gain a level of independence in their personal…

to occupy will be empty, and the empty sites are scarce reproductive resources for which the agents compete. The rule of reproduction varies according to the types of social systems. Hereby we propose two types of society: the patriarchy and the matriarchy. The definitions of these two social systems vary for different scholars and disciplines, and we are not going to continue the theoretical debate on it (Beechey 1979; Young 1981; Kandiyoti 1988; Walby 1990). A simple but general definition for…

How Does Shelley’s Frankenstein Comment Upon Gender Issues? In her world-renowned novel, Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley recounts the tragic story of the miserable Victor Frankenstein and his monster. The plot of the story is centered around the novel’s subtitle: “The Modern Prometheus”. Mary Shelley portrays Victor Frankenstein as the modern incarnation of Prometheus because he symbolizes the dire consequences resulting from seeking god-like knowledge and…

Due to Confucianism’s view that women are to be submissive to men in all levels of the social hierarchy, coupled with early text that shed negative light on the idea of female rulers. It made the idea of powerful women seem stranger and often unnatural since they would have challenged the authority of men. Rulers and influential women, similar to hens, represented dynastic decline. As a wife, Wu also broke standards set by Confucius followers regarding marriage. Chinese women could not have…

Although, Wilson describes the Bellmont household as a matriarchy substantiated by cruelty and abuse, behind this depiction is the longing for the mother-savior (Gabler-Hover & Sattelmeyer). In her comparison of Our Nig and Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ammon’s argues that Wilson both Mrs. Bellmont’s tyrannical mother rule…

World renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood is the writer of countless poems, essays, criticisms, short stories, and novels. The author of over a dozen novels, Atwood continually features female protagonists and covers themes pertaining to women. The Handmaid’s Tale deals with the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that replaces the United States and returns to the suppression of women. Another one of Atwood’s novels, Alias Grace focuses on Grace Marks, a women…

Rules: In Pacifica, citizens are required to go to school starting at the age of four. If they are not smart or strong enough they get kicked out of the society which means the citizen has to go to an island nearby where there is a rehabilitation center and for strong and smart citizens, they continue their lives as a normal student. When the student is 18 they graduate and go to the military for 2 years. After the military, the citizen should find a job and get married. When citizens get…