Standpoint feminism

categories of feminism, the “contemporary political relationships,” (Omi and Winant 2002: 384) which coincides with the political movement women made, “global context of race” recognizes that race is all around and must be visible, similar to the second wave of liberations rights. Finally the historical understanding in which, “the increasing racialization of whites… must be recognized as procceeding from the increasingly…

Black women’s standpoint— ideas and experiences shared by African-American women that provide a unique angle of vision on self, community, and society (Collins, 243). If the relationship between a Black women’s standpoint and theories that interpret their experiences is found, then the concept of Black feminist can more easily be addressed. Collins “suggest[s] that Black feminist thought consists of specialized knowledge created by African-American women which clarifies a standpoint of and for…

women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past” (Yousafzai). The story “A Jury of Her Peers” is an intriguing story about a murder in which anti feminism plays a role. Feminism is an ideology still around today, in which some disagree with. Throughout the country thousands of people gather to protest for equality for women. In this story, something terrible happens. It starts out with Mrs.Hale, Mr.Hale, the…

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…

Feminism is still going on in today's society. Women are still fighting to gain equality. During Anne Bradstreet's time, women had to live up to the Puritan rules in their everyday life. They had to do the duties of woman and nothing else (Blackstock). Anne Bradstreet's father, Thomas Dudley, wanted his daughter to be well-educated and her works proved it (Blackstock). They published her works under her brother-in-law name because in the Puritan society, it was offensive to write poetry because…

Throughout the content of this essay I am going to be concentrating on Adrian Piper and Oreet Ashery who have both focused on their bodies as a means to pinpoint alternative models of representation that address gender and race. As well as this I will be discussing to what extent both artists resist the discourse of western patriarchal society. Piper, aged 67, was born in New York on 20th September 1948 and is an American Conceptual Artist and Philosopher. She campaigned for social change and…

prominent in society today. In the 1920s, flapper uniforms were the must-have outfits of the era. For the first time in history, women were wearing short skirts, high heels, and had short, bobbed hair. Nonetheless, though this may have been a strive for feminism at the…

Pornography, in a diverse range of mediums, has existed for many decades now—and while the harmful effects on society are pervasive, they may not be well known to the public. The reach and depth of pornography’s influences has been a continually debated issue amongst feminists in many scopes, both individual and societal. Here, I present the two differing perspectives held by feminists on this issue and seek to dissect and analyze the arguments held by both sides in relation to the battle…

Aside from the fact that many women rejected the institution of marriage from a socio-political standpoint, such as Rhoda Nunn, marriage was not an option for a large proportion of British females at the time. The 1851 census revealed there were “half a million more women than men” meaning for many, it was not physically possible for marriage to be achieved…

In Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale she depicts a dystopian society in which women have been stripped of all their human rights and turned into mere tools for reproduction. Women are no longer allowed to own property, work, read, write, marry, speak without the permission of a man, and in any way have agency over themselves. While a dystopia is described as an imagined place in which society has become frightening and harmful, the society that Atwood sets her characters in is not far…