Feminist Language Planning: Has it been worthwhile? Anne Pauwels University of Wollongong 1 Feminism and language There is no doubt that feminism has been and continues to be one of the main social movements of this century. Its impact is felt in many societies around the world and in many spheres of life. The women ’s or feminist movement strives‚ amongst other things‚ for the elimination of gender discrimination and for the greater recognition of women ’s contributions to society
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Perspective can completely alter the way someone perceives a work of art. The idea that a different viewpoint can change how an individual feels about artwork is evident with many modern films and novels. For example‚ the television series Game of Thrones is also a book series‚ and many loyal fans of the novels dislike the differences in the television adaptation and refuse to watch. However‚ the television series has attracted a major audience‚ and a large portion of that audience have never read
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environmental supply chain initiatives‚ or green logistics‚ were seen as a necessary evil‚ possible only for the largest multi-national companies‚ and leading to little more than the ability to say they were trying. Today‚ on the other hand‚ things could not be more different. While it is still the case that some view supply chain greening as a necessary evil‚ the most innovative and successful companies of all sizes have discovered the business case for going green. And‚ even those who were skeptical
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FEM – Green Roof –10 minutes / 15 slides QUESTIONDescription of Assignment: From day 1‚ students will be asked to develop a group report‚ which will be due on the last day of this course. The end goal is to use the foundations of economics covered in the course to identify‚ analyse and propose how to enter one selected fast expanding market‚ which might not be visible to a mere macroeconomic analysis.The deliverable – a professional consulting report where one selected Fast Expanding Market is
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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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