Dark undercurrents of teenage girls’ selfies Date July 11‚ 2013 Olympia Nelson Pouty self-portraits have turned boy-girl relations into a cut-throat sexual rat race. Actor Miley Cyrus poses for a selfie. If social media only caused narcissism‚ it wouldn’t be the worst thing. Instagram and Facebook are social networks that not only breed narcissistic tendencies but transform relations into a sexual rat race. On these ubiquitous portals‚ the popularity of girls is hotly contested over one big
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What is feminism? British journalist Rebecca West once said‚ “Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.” Feminism is a mixture of beliefs‚ ideas‚ and movements about what it is like for women in a male dominant society (Lewis‚ Jone. “Definition”). Men are deemed the “dominant sex” although they have their faults and issues. Feminism was brought forth by many women that did not want to stand silent anymore‚ women that wanted their equality. Women history named‚ “Feminists.” Not only was
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our society and culture through the expectations they make us believe we need to follow. Jonathan Anderson discusses the harm that a patriarchal society does to both men and women. In the article “The Feminine Antidote: Reflections on Masculinity‚ Patriarchy‚ and Feminism” Anderson states that patriarchal societies force men to hide all the emotional and vulnerable parts of themselves and teach them to use anger and dominance as the only form of self-expression. He argues that this mindset hurts men
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Recent news on women and culture Family structure Anne Marie Slater wrote article about working mothers Obama wants to make sure women have equal wages Pakistan little girl got shot on a bus – outbreak because of women education Women were just allowed to go on submarines in the Navy What standards do we use to see if a person is right for a particular job? • Men were being favored for jobs What is feminism? Girl power • Spice Girls • Beyonce o “Who run the world” song
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The Three waves of feminism The first wave of feminism took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ emerging out of an environment of urban industrialism and liberal‚ socialist politics. The goal of this wave was to open up opportunities for women‚ with a focus on suffrage. The wave formally began at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 when 300 men and women rallied to the cause of equality for women. Elizabeth Cady Stanton (d.1902) drafted the Seneca Falls Declaration outlining the
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other hand‚ Marxism and Feminism offer conflicting perspectives that highlight the ideological function of religion. Marxists see religion as exploiting the proletariats and creating false consciousness. Feminists see religion as an instrument of patriarchy. This paper will attempt to assess the Functionalist claim that religion benefits both society and the individual. In any attempt to reach a considered view the arguments proposed by each theory will be reviewed. The approach will therefore remain
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Terms Audre Lorde: a black lesbian feminist socialist; uses poetry to address issues of “difference” such as sexism‚ ageism‚ and racism; aims to encourage oppressed members of society to stretch out and bridge the gap between the actualities of our lives and the consciousness of our oppressor Sisterhood: underlying idea that women can relate through their gender‚ while not undermining their ‘sisters’ experiences of race‚ sexuality‚ sex‚ class‚ gender. Relations of mutuality‚ co-responsibility‚ and
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confined men and women to act out their lives in ways that were unfulfilling and limiting to each gender. The oppressive force of patriarchy is described in many different ways throughout her various short stories‚ but her stories are also imbued with strong messages of hope and transcendence. Conditions for women are obviously much better in the 21st century‚ but patriarchy still oppresses women in the workforce‚ with women making 77 cents to men’s dollar (Adams 2013). In “Three Thanksgivings‚ “The
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Madame Bovary is the portrait of a woman trapped in an unsatisfactory marriage in a prosaic bourgeois town. Her attempts to escape the monotony of her life through adulterous liaisons with other men are ultimately thwarted by the reality that the men she has chosen are shallow and self-centered and that she has overstretched herself financially. In despair‚ Emma resolves her predicament by taking her own life. What should we make of this rather slight story‚ initially based on the life of a real
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more or less feminine would have an impact. I would be curious to see if there were higher instances of these patterns in a religion such as Hinduism that do have goddesses as well as gods. Personally I do not feel it would have an impact. As for patriarchy in the church‚ it has been much the same in the church as it has been in the culture for much of history. I do feel that it is accurate to attribute this to human sin‚ if you look at cultures devoid of Christian religion in most cases the male
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