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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Chrysanthemum Tran recounts her life as a transgender woman‚ displaying raw emotion and pain in her poem “Vampires‚” as recites the following lines: “Maybe I was born dead. Or even worse‚ undead. I am an undying thing‚ refusing to rot. Even when this world wants me burned.” The astounding reality of the hate that lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender (LGBT) people face has been a common theme throughout history. They have stood ground against a pedestal of contempt that pervades every aspect of
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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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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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being littered with feminist tropes‚ Jane Campion’s The Piano is not a feminist film. Source Their opinion vs. mine Reliability Interview Magazine‚ Jane Campion by Katherine Dieckmann‚ (January 1992) As the director she hold s a omni-conscious view‚ aware of all possibilities of interpretations. Thus she both agrees and disagrees with me. She is a very reputable considering she both write an directed the film I am studying On The Issues Magazine‚ Is The Piano A Feminist Film? "Yes" by Rebecco
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Reading it as a feminist‚ the reader is allowed to judge the different status of women in the Elizabethan society. Elizabethan or shakespeare’s society which was built upon Renaissance beliefs‚ say that women were meant to marry. In Othello women were seen as an act of possession
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many to distinguish the facts from the opinions‚ as well as misconceptions. One of the topics to be blown into the spotlight in the past few years has been feminism‚ with what at first glance appears to be a dichotomy- a person is either a feminist or an anti-feminist. The battle calls into question what feminism really is‚ considering its diversity in regards to its followers‚ and the reason why the "meninist" culture has sprung. There are three
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