Sex-positive feminism

Much of liberal feminisms analysis on division of labour and the means to overcome the inequality faced by women relies on both the personal experience with oppression of the individual woman who seeks to attain the higher positions of power in society and also their altruism…

The answer to this questions needs to be broken down into a brief examination of why feminism is important for political science as a whole. The area of political science has been, compared to “other branches of social science, among the most resistant to feminist analysis” (Ritter and Mellow, 121). Feminist and gender studies have the ability…

abilities of a woman like bearing children, sex-slaves, inferior to the male, adapts to the new situations easily, care-taking, devoted. The concept of womanism is related to black women and the women of colour as well as the colonial and post-colonial world of women. Womanism shows a kind of acceptance patience and tolerance. Rather than supporting separatism womanism promotes universalism. Womanism like black feminism provides a space for black feminism and woman of colour to create dialogue…

Feminism. We have all heard the word before but, how would you describe it? Perhaps something describing “women empowerment”. In Gilman's book, Herland, the meaning of the word “feminism” is embellished, explained, and most importantly, recognized. This powerful word allowed women’s liberation to permeate throughout a discombobulated duration of time. “Gilman redefines womanhood, declaring women the equal of men in all spheres of life.” (Desimone). Whilst holding ideals of equality, these…

United States: a new, totalitarian government, called The Republic of Gilead. The hope of this new nation was to end the amount of pornography, prostitution, and violence towards women. At a glance, the idea sounds to be quite noble, and generally a positive thing for a country to strive towards…

Black Feminism Oppression According to Nowell (2007), oppression is when individuals are treated to economic, political, cultural, or social degradation due to their “belonging” to a specific social group. Black women have struggled to live in two contrasting worlds concurrently, one black, oppressed, and exploited, the other white, oppressive, and privileged (Collins, 1999, p. 26). According to Collins (1999), they have continued to exist as significant because U.S. black women are still…

successes in transforming many communities’ outlook on women and their role in the world. The ERA NOW and STOP ERA mvements allowed the whole country to see women fighting for their passions and controlling their own fate. Additionally, Freeman writes “feminism…raised everyone's consciousness about the importance of family issues, sexuality, and the role of women…Many state equal rights amendments were passed, discriminatory laws were changed, and the Supreme Court reinterpreted the basic…

Men have to be strong. Boys don’t cry. These are to common traits associated with males. Masculinity is traits, behavior, and roles associated with males and is socially constructed and learned. Masculinity are culturally defined. According to “What’s Up with Boys” by Michael Kimmel and Christina Hoff Sommers, negative messages about masculinity is to never cry, don’t show your feelings and you always have to win. Values associated with manhood are integrity, honor, doing the right thing, and…

and lived during the French Renaissance Period. She is also one of the few women who was educated and able to write. She spent her lifetime of sixty-five years writing about religion, politics, morals, and what will be considered the beginnings of feminism you could say. But why did Christine choose to disobey the traditional roles of women? And how was it that Christine de Pizan's literature influenced the people during the Renaissance? I was given the opportunity…

The Fight for Equality From a young age people are put into categories such as; boy and girl, strong and pretty, or intelligent and nurturer. Young girls are given baby dolls to play with and take care of whereas young boys are given building blocks and race cars. I remember when I was little, I had baby dolls and stuffed animals to play with but my sister and I also enjoyed playing with race cars and building blocks. My sister and I came up with a game…