religions did not die easily. Legends of chivalric quests for the Holy Grail were in fact stories of forbidden quests to find the lost sacred feminine. Knights who claimed to be "searching for the chalice" were speaking in code as a way to protect themselves from a Church that had subjugated women‚ banished the Goddess‚ burned non-believers‚ and forbidden the pagan reverence for the sacred feminine." The Da Vinci Code‚ pages 238-239) The Holy Grail is a favorite metaphor for a desirable but difficult-to-attain
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Catholics pass in the process of their religious upbringing. According to Catholic doctrine‚ in this sacrament they receive the Holy Spirit and become adult members of the Catholic Church. Confirmation is a rite of initiation in Christian churches‚ normally carried out throughanointing‚ the laying on of hands‚ and prayer‚ for the purpose of bestowing the Gift of the Holy Spirit. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states:[1] Recall then that you have received the spiritual seal‚ the Spirit of
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The Decameron: A Feminist or Misogynist text? Giovanni Boccaccio is one of the leading Italian writers in the 1300s and has been considered as the father of Italian writing style through his composition of one hundred novelle. The Decameron continuously pictures women not as the objects of discussion but as the active producers and interpreters of their actions. Women are portrayed as they are or as they should be; they are shown to be as aggressive as men are while at the same time they can be
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The role of women in Greek society is a major theme in Euripides’ Medea. In ancient Greek society‚ women are frail and submissive according to men‚ and their social status is considered very inferior. Feminism is the theory of men being treated differently than women and the male dominance over women in society. Because of Jason’s betrayal of Medea‚ she is a challenge to the traditional views of ancient Greek society based on her actions. She wonders about the differences between the treatment
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socioeconomic status previous to intersectionality would have had to choose one of her identities to associate with- whereas now she would be able to assign herself to each of these identities and present herself as a product of the way they mesh together. Feminist literature describes that whilst most women understood and accepted the dominance approach that describes males’ social power over women‚ the ‘hegemony of feminisms that is constructed primarily around the lives of white–middle class women’ was rarely
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Most of the rhetoric in the women’s movement rejects the Abrahamic Religions. Phyllis Trible notes in her essay Eve and Adam: Genesis 2-3 Reread that feminist are hostile towards the Bible because they believe the Bible to be hostile towards them. But as Trible explains in her essay‚ this is not the case. In fact‚ she argues that the Bible can be reread in a new scope to be seen as a tool of equality. Phyllis Trible earned her B. A. at Meredith College and then went on to get her Ph.D with an
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According to radical feminist scholar Catharine MacKinnon (1989)‚ consent is simply lacking around the existence of rape. In numerous instances‚ women’s sexual consent has been understood intently and expansively; and the simplicity of the absence revolving around resistance or refusal. Thus‚ feminists have critiqued this approach which regards unconscious women as consenting (MacKinnon‚ 1989: p. 340; Archard‚ 1998: p. 85). It is often assumed that the appearance of a woman‚ location‚ status‚ attire
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Feminist and Lesbian Film FILMS STUDIED: Mädchen in Uniform (Children in Uniform) Germany‚ 1931‚ Directed by Leontine Sagan‚ Show Me Love (Sweden‚ 1998)‚ Directed by Lukas Moodysson The cycle of free expression followed by total persecution experienced by members of the homosexual community as a whole‚ before and post World War 2‚ was a symbolic and strengthening experience for Lesbian and Feminist film makers alike. It is now a time of freedom in Europe‚ where filmmakers are establishing
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13 September 2012 Fat Is A Feminist Issue Overeating & Obesity Obesity and overeating is a topic that is ongoing within the United States‚ and in many lives of woman today. Fifty percent of woman that live in this country alone are estimated to be overweight. Individuals of our society are always looking for new diets‚ dietary plans‚ supplements‚ and or advice. Every woman would love to be considered physically fit‚ and beautiful in the eyes of others‚ but this within itself is a challenge. Everyone
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not a theory used to focus on the inequality between races‚ but to increase the knowledge of the inequality that African American women faced in relationship to African American men. Crenshaw’s(1991) article on intersectionality mentions how the government works to oppress women. The government works to separate and discriminate those individuals who are displayed as “outliers”. African American women‚ to be specific‚ are targeted because of their race as well as
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