Westwood College CJ-131-Criminology Assignment 2: Key Term: Liberal Feminist Theory Submitted in partial fulfillment for the requirements of a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Liberal Feminist Theory The United states had been said to be free and equal‚ however rights around the 1960 ’s were not so equally dived. Women had been treated unfairly compared to men‚ and they have grown tired of the situation. There was a lot of movements going around‚ and they developed theories and
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Susie Orbach’s stance on the rising American issue on obesity within her essay “Fat Is a Feminist Issue” can be similarly related to David Zinczenko’s stance in his essay “Don’t Blame the Eater.” In fact‚ she claims just that when writing‚ “A feminist perspective to the problem of women’s compulsive eating is essential if we are to move on from the ineffective blame-the-victim approach” (Orbach 448). In this quote she blatantly informs the reader that blaming the eater is not the correct approach
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creation of feminism‚ which is the advocacy of women’s rights to be equal to that of men in society. Donald Hall‚ an American literary critic‚ argues in his book Literary and Cultural Theory that the “key to all feminist
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Feminist research and methods are a response to research that claims to be able to find truth about the world through objective and neutral means‚ such as the scientific method which claims that researchers can and should be unbiased and that it is possible to observe and measure phenomena. These research methods are based in a philosophy called positivism that claims that only real knowledge is produced from scientific methods. Often in this type of research women are overlooked and misrepresented
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Previous to the emergence of feminist theories in the 1960’s and 70’s the criminal justice system and studies surrounding it were developed under the assumption that males were the predominate perpetrators and victims of crime- particularly in cases regarding interpersonal violence. Whilst this was and still is true‚ the number of women being involved in interpersonal crimes is increasing‚ causing a new wave of interest as to what circumstances a woman finds herself involved in a criminal situation;
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Feminist views on society; Feminists believe that society is male dominated (patriarchal). Feminists want women and men to have equal rights and powers as there is inequality between the two sexes. They look at society on a macro scale so the ideas are generalised to the whole of society. Feminists also believe that society is based on disagreement and conflict between the sexes as women believe they have been disadvantaged in society. Liberal feminists believe that men and women are becoming
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The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin‚ first published in 1899 ‚ set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the nineteenth century. The plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women’s issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism
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Feminist Witches Gabriella Arsenault English 1501 Dr. Robert Lapp Thursday the 9th of April 2009 Feminism is defined as the theory of the political‚ economic‚ and social equality of the sexes. Eavan Boland and Anne sexton share more than just their love of poetry‚ they both incorporated female struggles and feminist ideas into their poetry. In a close reading of the poems Her Kind‚ by Anne Sexton and Anorexic‚ by Eavan Boland‚ the themes and the overall feel and
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“I would argue that feminist film studies is not only still alive and well‚ but has‚ in fact‚ become much more heterogeneous‚ dynamic‚ and open in its scope‚ encompassing not just film analysis but also television and new media studies…” says Karen Hollinger from Feminist Film Studies (Hollinger 19). Film’s have definitely grown and expanded from the years pass. Women are now starting to be given roles other than those to please the male eye such as the girlfriend‚ secretary‚ receptionist‚ or mother
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http://www.iep.utm.edu/fem-stan/ Feminist Standpoint Theory Feminist standpoint theorists make three principal claims: (1) Knowledge is socially situated. (2) Marginalized groups are socially situated in ways that make it more possible for them to be aware of things and ask questions than it is for the non-marginalized. (3) Research‚ particularly that focused on power relations‚ should begin with the lives of the marginalized. Feminist standpoint theory‚ then‚ makes a contribution to epistemology
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