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    theorizes that feminist standpoint is established in Marxist ideology. She argued that out of the experience of Marx understanding‚ a feminist standpoint could be built and used to criticize patriarchal theories. Thereby making a feminist standpoint important in the process of examining the systemic oppressions in a society. Hartsock maintains that since the life of women contrasts intrinsically to those of men‚ (as the owners’ lives contrasts with the workers’ lives) a foundation for feminist standpoint

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    Feminist Lens: A Perspective - The Awakening Kristin Miller South University Online   Feminist Lens: A Perspective - The Awakening During the late nineteenth century‚ a woman’s place in society was confined to the reverence of her children and constant submission to her husband. The Awakening‚ by Kate Chopin is a novel about Edna Pontellier whose life was embraced through the frustrations and triumphs as she attempts to cope with the strict cultural demands in which she was confined. This essay

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    with the feminist scholars on the faculty of my university. As soon as I explained that I wanted to write about Medea came the assumption: of course‚ they said‚ you will be looking at the patriarchy as the issue in her behavior. And when I replied that indeed I was not going to be looking in that direction‚ but rather at Medea herself and at the meaning intrinsic to her acts and her story‚ interest in my work evaporated and they declined to serve on my committee. Though long a feminist myself‚ I

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    in the system of feminist theories. As a result‚ there is variety of theories to explain for oppressions‚ justice and equality for women all over the world called feminist theories. Each of idea forward feminism tries to comprehend those things by theorizing the "human agency"‚ which is defined as the capacity of human beings "to act independently and make own free choices" when engage in social structure (ref). It can be seen that two important terms are "capacity" and "social structure" when taking

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    (5) draw a conclusion. Like many other theories‚ the feminist theory‚ or gender-based theory asks who is committing the crime? Although the title of the theory is all-inclusive‚ the research conducted for feminist theory mainly focused on previous observations done on the treatment of females within the criminal justice system‚ the analysis of police reports‚ and the focus of other theories that excluded

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    people respond to one another” and ___________________ as “the way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.” a. Social interaction; social structure b. Social interaction; social change c. Organization; bureaucracy d. Politics; economics 2. Which of the following is not an element of social structure? a. Language b. Statuses and roles c. Social networks d. Groups 3. According to the functionalist perspective‚ __________________ fulfill the following functions that a society

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    Waggstaffe Intro To Sociology 4/14/2014 Final Paper The feminist sociological perspective is one that is based upon feminist theory. Feminist theory evolved during the second outbreak of the Women’s Rights Movement during the 1960’s. (Ferris and Stein 24) Feminist theory is sometimes considered to be linked to the conflict theory because it focuses on gender inequality which can be seen as a type of conflict. There are many types of feminist theory‚ however they all center upon the idea that societies

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    Feminist Theory‚ Embodiment‚ and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival Saba Mahmood University of Chicago In the last two decades one of the key questions that has occupied many feminist theorists is how should issues of historical and cultural specificity inform both the analytics and politics of any feminist project. Although this questioning has resulted in serious attempts at integrating issues of sexual‚ racial‚ class‚ and national difference within feminist

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    Shame: A Feminist Analysis

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    The shame response itself communicates a discommunication between people when one lowers or averts her gaze and breaks off facial recognition with other. It is part of a learned pattern‚ part of strategy to self-consciously halt further social communication. This barrier happens because one of the parties becomes ‘strange’ and cannot communicate (354). Shame is consuming and Tomkins recognizes that shame and pride play a critical role to understand how human beings are motivated to act

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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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