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    Victoria Salis Student ID# RTA101/Section 11: Introduction to Media Theory Final Paper: A feminist analysis of sexism within the media and its various platforms. 02/12/14 The media is one of the most influential‚ powerful and cultural economic forces in today’s society. The decision of who gets to talk‚ what is said‚ who writes‚ and what is crucial enough to announce is usually made by people themselves. Media shapes our perception of who we are and what we are capable of

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    would seem‚ is not sexless: he is a man‚ a father‚ and infected too” (Woolf‚ 1938). Feminist Virginia Woolf declares this bold statement to express how science is sexist; gender bias by which women’s interests‚ insight‚ or perspective are disvalued and ostracized. Over the decades‚ there has been an outburst of the feminist writing on the philosophical development in literature and history. A majority of the feminist writings harshly criticize the philosophical traditions‚ which include topics of epistemology

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    Feminist critics invented the word “gynocritics‚” which was “developed shoulder-to-shoulder with the Female Aesthetic‚ attempted to resolve some of these problems‚ by agreeing that women’s literature lay as the central concern for feminist criticism‚ but rejected the concept of an essential female identity and style” (Showalter 1981‚ 185). In other words‚ critics have started to accept and admire feminist literature. On the other hand‚ readers have also started perceive feminist literature

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    explains to Nick about when she had her‚ a feminist would clearly be able to point out what she is saying goes against feminism. Through the lens of a feminist‚ Daisy is objectifying her daughter when she says " All right‚ I said‚ I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool-that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful little fool. In feminism criticism‚ when women are objectified they are seen as less then human‚ in this case a feminist may be prompted to say that she is

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    Feminists Ahead of their Time: Veronica Franco and Leona Florentino I found several feminist themes in the works of both Franco and Florentino. The works of Veronica Franco were more laden with feminist themes than that of Florentino. Although both writers produced their work in times where the feminist movement had not yet been established‚ their works address and promote issues of women‚ which I will discuss further in this chapter. Franco and Florentino sighted feministic themes repeatedly throughout

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    "I don’t understand how you call yourself a feminist despite being raised by a Hispanic mother. Is Latina feminism even a thing?" my aunt asked. I understood where she was coming from because as a Hispanic woman‚ my mother subdued and was determined to pass on the traditional roles of women to her daughters.      During my childhood‚ I was expected to fulfill “womanly” duties and responsibilities. Many of those duties were domestic: I had to serve both of my brothers food every day --myself last

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    A Woman Trapped: A Feminist Analysis of the Yellow Wallpaper The short story‚ the Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman can be analyzed in depth by both the psycho-analytic theory and the feminist theory. On one hand the reader witnesses the mind of a woman who travels the road from sanity to insanity to suicide “caused” by the wallpaper she grows to despise in her bedroom. On the other hand‚ the reader gets a vivid picture of a woman’s place in 1911 and how she was treated when dealing

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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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    Barack Obama is an example of a child who suffered as a result of the physical absence of his father. Obama’s father was awarded a scholarship to obtain his phD at Harvard‚ leaving behind Obama and his mother‚ and thereafter returned to his home country of Africa to fulfill his inherent obligation to the country. The absence of Obama’s father left Obama overcome with concerns regarding why his father truly failed to return‚ and what his father’s absence meant for his own identity. Obama’s father

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    Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers attacks several social norms of both her traditional Polish homeland and the American life her protagonist has come to know. Clearly autobiographical‚ Bread Givers boldly questions why certain social and religious traditions continue throughout the centuries without the slightest consideration for an individual’s interests or desires. Sara’s traditional Jewish upbringing exposed her to a life dominated by patriarchal control; when she arrived in New York to seek

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