McAlpine‚ Mhairi; “Prostitution: an expression of patriarchal oppression”; Scottich Socialist Party Women’s Network‚ October 2006; www.scottishsocialistparty.org/pdfs/pamphlet1_1_final.pdf Vedder‚ Julie; “International Feminist”; www.answers.com Weisberg‚ D. Kelly ; “Application of Feminist Legal Theory to Women’s lives”; (Wadsworth‚ Thomson‚ Essentials of Sociology 2004) Ministry of Industry‚ Employment and Communications; “Prostitution and Trafficking in Women” (January 2004); www.sweden.gov.se “Is
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explains to Nick about when she had her‚ a feminist would clearly be able to point out what she is saying goes against feminism. Through the lens of a feminist‚ Daisy is objectifying her daughter when she says " All right‚ I said‚ I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool-that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world‚ a beautiful little fool. In feminism criticism‚ when women are objectified they are seen as less then human‚ in this case a feminist may be prompted to say that she is
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As first lady‚ presidential candidate‚ and a feminist‚ Hillary Clinton has been empowering women all over the globe to stand up for the rights they deserve. For many years‚ Hillary Clinton has traveled and experienced the hardships of women of all background‚ from different countries. Clinton’s powerful language and encouragement has persuaded females to come together and fight for their rights. Hillary Clinton wants to make women aware of the discrimination they experience from their government
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English Exposition draft Topic of choice: Feminism Introduction Hello‚ my name is Dona and today I’m going to persuade you to become a feminist. What does the word feminist mean to me? The word feminist means to me is for both genders to become equal. For both genders to be treated equally in a society that doesn’t judge so harsh on males and females. Feminism is not a divisive term. It’s not a label to separate one gender from another. Not a term for putting another gender against another. Women
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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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T. Olson‚ Phyllis Trible‚ Anne Clifford and many other biblical scholars have provided alternative interpretations of Genesis that work against the conventional androcentric reading. Phyllis Trible’s take on the first two chapters of Genesis uses feminist hermeneutics to represent the creation of Eve as independent from Adam and how the story does not advocate women as subordinate to men. Humanity is established right away as incorporating both sexes. Working from the original Hebrew‚ Trible revels
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Top Girls "Reading Top Girls as a feminist text helped me to find ways to dramatize the price women pay for success in a patriarchal society" (J.T Burk). To what extent can Top Girls be classified as a feminist comedy? Caryl Churchill’s play‚ Top Girls‚ has many social‚ political and cultural observations about modern women throughout the centuries. It was written in 1982 and in this‚ Churchill presents women from both modern and historical periods who seem to have been successful in one way
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Eveline: A Strong Feminist Heart Ever wonder what it was like for a feminist in the 1914’s? It was tough. But what is even tougher is being a child in the family that has to take over her mother’s responsibilities when she dies and then face the violence of a father who does not appreciate the child being a girl. Women were constantly mistreated and not given any positions of power‚ not even in their own home‚ where they would be the only ones to be clean it‚ cooking in it‚ and taking care of the
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How far do you agree that ‘Snow Child’ is a story that supports a feminist view point? As a feminist author Carter criticises the position of women. Carter uses the theme of status and marriage to expose the true nature of patriarchal society. Carter herself was a feminist which influenced the way she wrote the story and the ideas involved in the story. The anthology was published in 1979 which was a time period where men had more power than women‚ which still happens today. Carter shows the
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story that enable a resistant feminist reading to be applied with regards to the western or European characters of the Aunt and the intended. When analysing the way in which ‘the African Goddess’ is portrayed in the story however‚ one is able to contrast the way in which western females are presented and the way in which gender roles are portrayed in a primitive Africa. It is clear that a resistant feminist reading doesn’t apply to her but rather an alternative feminist reading suggesting women have
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