Second-wave feminism

Beginning in the 1990’s, a new movement emerged alongside postmodernism known as Third Wave Feminism. After fighting for legal and social equality by standing up against patriarchal oppression, the goals of feminists broadened to break down concepts of gender, sexuality, and the body (Rampton). Queer Theorists such as Judith Butler branched from this new movement in Women’s Studies to examine the reality of identity and attack the problematic perception of heteronormativity, the belief that…

This expository essay will discuss the topic of women’s rights in Jewish history and whether there was a struggle or a commitment of faith. There are different views and standpoints from Western civilization in the post-modern era on women’s rights, but one must remember the time and place in which the texts of the Hebrew Bible were written. The women’s rights movements that have taken place since then somewhat blur the meaning behind how and why women practice their faith in Judaism. For one to…

“Sorry, It’s a boy.” Such a phrase would have caused uproar, turmoil, and boycotts, but in the 21st century, it merely elicits a tenuous reaction of uproar. This phrase was utter by one of America 's foremost feminist, and in America’s biggest event, yet millions stood around and pass it as meaningless banter. Sarah Silverman 's intentions might not be explicitly suggesting the murder of men, but it is hard to ignore this double standard. While feminist have long argued that their cause is based…

Studies with Sarah Shady, and I have really enjoyed learning about the history of feminism and learning about all the different things that feminism touches on - and ultimately things that we should know about since we have the privilege of going into a higher education. To find a woman in the 16th century such as Wollstonecraft, arguing for women’s rights is amazing because it 's so often you hear people saying that feminism is a new thing - but it was even happening in France in the 16th…

In Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, her existentialist view point is heavily felt throughout this historical study of women. Often viewed as a radical, Beauvoir sets out to explore the many beliefs or definitions in regards to femininity. She proposes that women are oppressed by men through men’s depiction of women as the “other” or the object. Man is the subject, the self, the one, the absolute, the positive, the creator and the possessor of transcendence. Women are demoted as particular,…

“Patriarchy is a social system in which males hold primary power, predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and control of property.” From the depths of a patriarchal society, feminist jurisprudence emerged in an attempt to rectify the harms that resulted from such a system. However, such an overt sense of patriarchy no longer exists in 21st Century America; in order to accommodate to current knowledge regarding gender, classical feminist jurisprudence…

I began my first day of tutoring at Sankofa Academy, a poorly funded elementary school in Berkeley, California, on September 20, 2015. I was enthusiastic and interested in the students that I would be tutoring. Each one was in the tutoring program due to very poor academic performances, and it would be my job to catch them up. By March 2016, it was clear to me that nearly all of my students were male, had some form of an Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and had frequently found themselves in…

stood for, but she did not consider herself to be either, because there were parts of both movements that infuriated and repulsed her. Her manifesto critiques the feminist movement’s inability to establish their own position, shedding a new light on feminism. Marinetti’s offensive support for women suffragettes irritates Loy, so “Feminist Manifesto”…

It is quite gripping to view the oppressions that women faced in the early 1800s through the lens of a writer in accord with the push for feminism in literature. The story of Pride and Prejudice revolves around the Bennet family, a penniless group of women and their father, attempting to emerge into a predominantly wealthy society. The five Bennet daughters face innumerable challenges with men, the notion of marriage, and their lack of finances. Elizabeth Bennet defies the conventional idea of…

The Central Government in India ought to propose the E4SD system presently deployed by the UNESCO 's (educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) if they want to prevent the vicious circle of gender discrimination from continuing. The cycle of violence in India is directly tied to Foucault (philosopher) view of the prison system. This cycle starts with India 's male population, as they 're the ones facilitating these horrific acts. Discrimination females face include foeticide, poor…