Women's health

According to the Oxford Dictionary, feminism is, “of, relating to, or advocating the rights and equality of women.” According to our society, feminism is described as a secondhand, self-proclaimed right that a few women believe to be true. And to be honest, are we really given any other definitions or examples to live and lead by? Women are still mercilessly attacked and criticized for what they wear, who they associate with, and most importantly, their sexual behaviors. This being criticism…

The word “feminism” comes from the French word “feminisme”. This word originally came into circulation during the end of the 1800’s. However, the first documented use was by Charles Fourier in 1837. Fourier was a French philosopher, and, while he wished for an improved social status for women, he did not preach gender equality. The word “feminism” was brought to America by a French article written by Madeleine Pelletier. The article was In 1895, the Oxford English Dictionary provided society…

The novel narrates the lives and struggles of the picture brides of the early 20th century whose lives surround the concept of Omiai. The word constitutes of two words mi meaning to see or look and ai meaning to meet. So, the word literally translates to looking and meeting. Omiai is a matchmaking tradition in Japan wherein the marriage partners are chosen often through an intermediary known as Nakoudo. The Nakoudo can be a parent, relatives, friends or even a matchmaking company. The parties…

For some time in history, there has been a separation of rights between men and women. In the modern society, those lines have slowly diminished to the point of almost total equality. Women's Armed Services Integration Act was implemented in 1948 allowed women to be apart of certain military branches (Segal, Smith, Segal, Canuso 32) That doesn't change the fact there is still gender inequality in the military towards women. Women face an area in which is predominantly men in these positions of…

forbidden ground? A few weeks ago the headlines in the Dutch papers shouted that ‘we’ had failed to realize a minimum of 30 percent women occupying positions on boards and in the top of corporations. Despite significant commitment to the advancement of women’s careers, progress appears to have stalled. The percentage of women on boards and senior-executive…

a girl that got married at the age of 6 years old, and died at the age of 17 while giving birth to her second child. According to her sister-in-law, that's how Matiya's death looked like "Matiya died in a pool of blood on her way to the community health center….…The baby was alive, her cord still tied to Matiya when she breathed her last" . We can close our eyes and pretend that situations like this do not take place, or we can finally change our passive behavior, and help these girls get…

can we say that girls are worth more than their looks or that society should treat women with respect when there are pageants proving the exact opposite? Some may say that it provides women a chance to become somebody in our society or that it is a women's choice if they want to be a pageant queen or not, but at what cost. Beauty pageants are the problem keeping us from any feminist progress by sending the wrong message to young girls, women and society as a whole. The first step to any…

Muralistas. In addition, I will be recounting the history of the women’s group and how from their social and political environment, that they were able to contribute to the Chicano art movement by making it more inclusive by demanding space for themselves, which eventually gave way for other aspiring Chicana artists. Las Mujeres Muralistas were reacting against the art norms created by Los Tres Grandes by showing history through women’s perspective and by denying the social expectations imposed…

the society in a good way. I think that transformative learning can be the solution for the some misconcepts about gender issues as well. Then I realize that I can combine transformative learning and women empowerment issues, I can write about the women’s transformative learning paths. I decided to write about transformative learning for women. Today, the issues about women is still unsolved and in the 21. Century it is sad story. There are some campaing abput the stopiing the harassment…

“Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.” These are the words of the author of A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini. Oppression of women is an offense that is common in the country of Afghanistan. Majority of the women in Afghanistan are illiterate and suffer at the hand of the misogynistic culture. A Thousand Splendid Suns is an amalgamation that reveals the tyrannical treatment and degradation of women in…