Cultural Anthropology 04-30-2014 Writing Assignment #2: Gender The location I chose to observe behavior in a public setting was the food court at the Everett mall on Saturday April 26th from 1:00-1:20pm. The food court is packed with people bustling in and out amidst their shopping. It seems a universal for many to be looking at their phones. While I did make short observations about the mass group of people I decided to narrow in and focus on a few groups of people. The first couple of individuals
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To what extent is feminist criticism helpful in opening up potential meanings in Grimm’s Cinderella? Using a feminist lens to analyse the children’s fairy-tale of Cinderella reveals interesting themes and ideas that would not have been initially obvious‚ in particular it can expose typical expectations of women and their role in society. Cinderella is a product of a patriarchal society that assumes men have power over women; women are forced to accept the roles these men impose. This particular
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Feminist Theory‚ Embodiment‚ and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival Saba Mahmood Close Reading Analysis Lit 090 Mahmood looks to tackle the issue of not the cultures behind feminism but to understand the underpinnings behind feminism. She suggests that quite often the narrative is focused on feminism as a response to some sort of societal construct which allows the subordination of women. Her assertion is that we have to look at how feminism is defined in society
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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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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 art begun in the 1960’s. Feminist movements began to take place during the mid nineteenth centaury. Beginning in the mid 1800’s groups of people were gathering together in the fight for women’s rights. On July 19‚ 1848 many men and women gathered together along side Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott‚ in Seneca Falls‚ New York‚ in a battle to achieve woman’s rights. Two days later one hundred both men and women signed the “Declaration of Sentiments.” A document that stated that all
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“Gender” How is Barbie influencing girls around the world? How many girls grown up playing with Barbie dolls? A lot. Statistics show that two Barbie’s are sold every second somewhere in the world. In fact‚ the average American girl from ages 3 to 11 owns 10. Whenever I hear the song named “Barbie Girl” by Aqua‚ I think of my niece. My niece was the type of person that loved to play with Barbie. She wanted to become like Barbie and looked like her. She could spend hours and hours playing with these
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Gender is a social construct that outlines the roles‚ behavioursfavour one group to the detriment of the other (WHO). Gender equality reinforces the attitude and practice of fair and impartial distribution of resources and prospects for men and women. It promotes equal opportunity to men and women in any social congregation. The innate property with which one is born does not perpetuate gender differentiation.However the human world has created virtual and real gender images confined to role specifications
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In the article‚ “Fat Is a Feminist Issue” by Susie Orbach she discusses and has many opinions on women and how they become and increase in being overweight. Orbach discusses many reasons and ways of obesity in women and how it has increased in the past years. She mainly focuses on women and why they are overweight and the reasons that cause obesity in women’s society. Susie talks about how women’s magazines always include a diet column‚ which can be very biased to many women and people. Overall‚
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Applying Feminist Theory to Literature Schweickhart’s essay is the basis for what I think is the most important issue in academic‚ literary feminism: finding and becoming a strong feminist reader. Granted‚ academia is an extremely specific subset of feminism‚ but if I incorporate her theme of praxis it can be applied to other areas of feminist thought and action. Schweickhart presents the idea of “feminist readings of male texts and…feminist readings of female texts” (39). It’s
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