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    already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength” (Anderson‚ n.d.). According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary‚ Feminism is defined as “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.” Many feminist today‚ such as actress‚ Emma Watson‚ fight for equality between men and women‚ such as equal pay. Why should a woman be seen as lesser than a man? Alice Walker’s The Color Purple displays the idea of feminism through strong and inspirational female

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    same rights that’s men do. I identify myself as a feminist and support many of the things that feminist try to achieve. However‚ one of the aspects of some people’s feminism that I reject is that the feminist movement focuses mainly on white women. All women‚ regardless of race‚ culture‚ or skin color deserve equal rights as men. Some non-white women may agree with the feminist issues but don’t identify themselves as feminists. Since most of the feminist movement is made up of white women‚ several issues

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    tons of people ask me‚ why I’m prolonging this feminist “nonsense” They say its high time people accept that men and women are equal. They have the same opportunities‚ same rights. I wasn’t really keen on the ‘feminist’ name tag either. Mostly‚ due to its association with single‚ angry women burning bras and holding sign boards saying “We don’t need men to dictate us.” It took me a while to reflect upon my purpose for calling myself a feminist. It involved intensive googling at 3 am and long

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    Public Perception of Feminist Performance Activism In examinations of women’s art and activism‚ researchers claim that the results of these activist groups’ performances are almost always challenging the cultural assumptions about genders. In “Code Pink‚ Raging Grannies‚ and the Missile Dick Chicks: Feminist Performance Activism in the Contemporary Anti-War Movement‚” Rachel V. Kutz-Flamebaum argues that feminist performance activist groups integrate a combination of gender norm-embracing and norm-challenging

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    Feminism is the theory of ‘social‚ political and economic equality of the sexes’ (Mathews‚ Class Notes‚ slide 3). Bell Hooks‚ more formally know as Gloria Jean Watkins born September 25th in 1952‚ is an American author‚ social activist and Feminist. Watkins took her pen name ‘bell hooks’ from her great grandmother Bell Blair Hooks‚ but uses the name in all lowercase letters to distinguish herself from her great grandmother. She held a leading role in the Second Wave of Feminism which lasted from

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    Reproductive Rights as a Contemporary and Historical Feminist Issue Essay #1 / Final Exam American Women’s History H. June Laves One of the biggest issues facing women in American society today has been an issue bouncing around in politics for decades: reproductive rights. Women can never have equal opportunity to men without equal opportunity to make their own decisions about their bodies. Reproductive rights for women not only include the right to abort a pregnancy‚ but it also involves

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    Grace Petro Prof. Grigsby SOCY222501 29 January 2015 Response Paper Unit 2 Feminist issues are not and never will be “one size fits all.” What is important to the masses cannot be defined by the few of a common identity; the current hegemony of white feminists leading the movement has resulted in a cause solely concentrated on the challenges they find pressing. Minority feminist groups have felt marginalized from the progression of feminism‚ and often go undocumented for building a premise of racially

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    Outline and asses the feminist explanations of gender inequalities (40) Feminists believe that women are unequal to men‚ and the different groups think it is down to different reasons. Liberal feminists think it is because it is down to gender role socialisation. Marxist feminists believe it is down to capitalism. Radical feminists think women are not equal to men because of relationships within the home‚ and black feminist think they are unequal not just because they are women‚ but also because

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    In the article‚ “Political Economy Discourses of Globalization and Feminist Politics” by Suzanne Bergeron‚ examines globalization by applying a feminist political economy perspective among other perspectives‚ to critique and formulate resistance to global capital. Hence‚ according to Bergeron the feminist political economy perspective‚ focuses on‚ “the relationship between gender relation and the globalization of capital has emphasized the conflictual interactions among multinational corporations

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    Written Assignment: Article Review Date: November 20th‚ 2013 Class: History 202 By: Alyssa Unrau Laury Oaks article “What are Pro-Life Feminists Doing on Campus?” from 2009‚ gives us a clear definition of what a “pro-life feminist” is but not why “it is”. Her writing brings light and awareness to a version of feminism. Many do not realize there are a few different types of feminisms out there and surprisingly not all of them are advocates for the pro-choice movements

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