Second-wave feminism

Christine De Pizan literary defense of Woman’s character. Christine De Pizan lived in the period 1364 to 1431. She was a medieval feminist author whom created a platform for the recognition of other virtuous and intellectual women. A feminist is a believer of equal rights, justice and recognition for women and that is exactly the stance that Christine De Pizan took through her literature. During her time women were not recognized much beyond their reproductive role and was often brought across…

The novel follows the main character Esther, as she grapples with her own identity in the face of the expectations of others. Plath uses Esther’s trajectory in the novel as a means of exploring issues of Liberal Feminism. Liberal Feminism puts great emphasis on individualism and suggests that women can achieve equality through their own actions and decisions. The liberal feminist movement focuses on issues of reproduction, equal pay, voting, education, abortion, sexual harassment…

his predominant conflict theory.The oppression of women through this fault has called for the rise of various distinctive feminists groups, such as the lesser known Marxist feminists. These feminists contribute to a new sociological perspective of feminism by analyzing the fault in Marx’s theory, recognizing the position of women among capitalist America, and interpreting his principal theory as a basis to…

Rubbernecking: Skirts, Slacks, and Sneakers Taking a closer look into the discussion on gender inequality and dress codes I have come to find that there is not simply to use this debate does not have to be a black and white conversation and that I won 't let it be now I cannot prevent everyone 's views on this topic because there are so many shades of grey it would be near impossible to equally represent them all I 'll ever to make it feasible this paper will represent a couple of frequently…

In an attempt to give body meaning, Irigaray refuses to accept the binary of the sexed body. Patriarchy views the male and female body within a constant framework. Time-periods, cultures, and traditions shape the body with different representations. Irigaray wants the body removed from its normative constraints of patriarchy. This paper consists of Irigaray’s theory while also comparing and contrasting it to other theorists including Bartky, Anzaldua, and Daly. Luce Irigaray is a well-known…

Most feminists would agree that feminism is a movement that empowers women to break free of the chains of male supremacy and also a movement that allows them to find level footing on the uneven turf of gender inequality. However, tension arises when people contend over how women can and should escape from the misogynistic fetters that restrain their true identity. What exactly does a free, independent woman look like and most importantly, how is she able to achieve that freedom from male…

Some examples being voting, which women couldn’t partake in until 1920. Another example is holding a job, which women couldn’t do until World War II when employers were losing male workers to the war. Women were treated as if they were the minority. Feminism is reaching the common goal of political, social, cultural and economic equality for women. A feminist wants to reach that equality and address situations that exploit the inequality. An example of an unequal situation…

The research methods I have used for this project are, survey and observation. I asked five men age range between 19 years to 25 years old and five women age range between 18 years old to 29 of what do they think about feminism and women’s rights. Three out five women said feminist they are not a feminist, but they know about women’s rights despite that, they still said they are not feminist they said women still can’t do many things as men can. Two out of five call themselves a feminist and…

Identity Crisis or Nonexistent Identity? Amid the journey of life, an important distinguishing within oneself is finding identity or how to define oneself. This can easily be impacted by difficult experiences, such as being an immigrant in a foreign land. In the novel, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, author Julia Alvarez expresses the struggles that character Yolanda feels from migrating for the Dominican Republic to the United States with her family at a young age and the effects…

“White feminism” is a term that has become a hot topic in recent years. In the article “Shit White Feminists Need To Stop Doing” by Anne Theriault describes white feminism as feminist women who are cisgender and white only fighting for issues that directly affect their lives, while ignoring issues that affect women of color, LGBT women, and disabled women. Theriault claims at the beginning of her article that she is a feminist herself, yet effectively insults and oppresses other women throughout…