McAlpine‚ Mhairi; “Prostitution: an expression of patriarchal oppression”; Scottich Socialist Party Women’s Network‚ October 2006; www.scottishsocialistparty.org/pdfs/pamphlet1_1_final.pdf Vedder‚ Julie; “International Feminist”; www.answers.com Weisberg‚ D. Kelly ; “Application of Feminist Legal Theory to Women’s lives”; (Wadsworth‚ Thomson‚ Essentials of Sociology 2004) Ministry of Industry‚ Employment and Communications; “Prostitution and Trafficking in Women” (January 2004); www.sweden.gov.se “Is
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started a journey‚ a journey across America for sixty days drinking nothing but juice. This one man‚ not only saved his own life‚ but also through reaching out to others‚ began to help others begin their own journeys to a healthier‚ happier life. Fat‚ Sick‚ and Nearly Dead is a documentary by Joe Cross directed towards to an overweight‚ unhealthy audience of fast-food world corporate America. Joe throughout his journey shows the steps and results that need to be taken in order to achieve the goal
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the character Lysistrata can be viewed as a modern day feminist. She takes charge in the self-titled play and claims that war shall be the concern of Women! It is too important a matter to be left to men‚ for women are it s real victims. Lysistrata wants to end the long war for it is taking a toll against the wives of the soldiers and the whole of Greece. The means by which Lysistrata wants to end the war may not be done in a traditional feminist manner‚ but it is effective and it does what the definition
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reasons why compromise seemed impossible in 1860. By providing an assessment of when civil war became inevitable and why. This paper discusses the political and cultural tension in America leading up to the civil war and beyond‚ by discussing the feminist movement‚ the expansionist period of the 1840s‚ the compromise period
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take on J.D Salinger’s novel‚ “The Catcher in the Rye” will warrant different opinions to that of a Feminist approach on the themes presented. Holden’s self alienation‚ reluctance to growing up‚ conform to societal stereotypes and his interactions with others convey underlying messages that will be interpreted through historical context and gender roles from modern 21st century perspectives. An issue explored in the novel is Holden’s disinclination to conform to the rigid
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repurposed materials in order to convey bold personal points. Among these creators were the young female founders of the feminist punk rock movement‚ Riot Grrrl. Radical‚ edgy‚ and angry‚ they were driven by the feeling that feminism had become antiquated and secluded. Their women’s studies professors used language that felt arbitrary to them‚ and they wanted to open the feminist conversation to include their own young life experiences‚ all while taking over what they saw as a male-dominated rock scene
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Extended Response to The Handmaid’s Tale Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale‚ written in the 1980s‚ is a highly complex post-modern dstopian text that explores the issues of feminism. The dystopian genre attacks the myth of a utopia‚ bringing all possibilities to an extreme while the term post modernism explores the consequences of monocracy on modern society and the dynamics of language. Atwood’s use of a female perspective on a hypothetical dystopian society enables her to pursue the controversy of
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The First Feminist Congress took place in Merida‚ Yucatan‚ Mexico‚ which had attracted over 600 delegates. The First Congress was the first feminist movement in reaction to the living conditions and state of the women living in Mexico. What was addressed were the main issues as seen by the Mexican women of their society‚ oppressing them by secondary means. An example is education being the identifying cause‚ the lack of‚ and the repercussions of the lack of education as the secondary cause. Thus
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Finally‚ near the end of the play‚ Emilia realizes “we must think men are not gods” (3.4.144). Although she knows her correct role in society in order to be accepted‚ she has come to see the lack of equality between men and women. She understands that in order to be presented to society‚ they must put on an act for their husbands. They do not need to think of them as gods‚ but must treat them as they are. She now believes that a woman being referred to as “whore” (4.3.74) is not tolerable. When something
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Top Girls "Reading Top Girls as a feminist text helped me to find ways to dramatize the price women pay for success in a patriarchal society" (J.T Burk). To what extent can Top Girls be classified as a feminist comedy? Caryl Churchill’s play‚ Top Girls‚ has many social‚ political and cultural observations about modern women throughout the centuries. It was written in 1982 and in this‚ Churchill presents women from both modern and historical periods who seem to have been successful in one way
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