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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radical feminists different? Liberal feminist and radical feminist contrast sharply in certain of their fundamental views‚ Liberal feminists thinking are a more reasoned intellectual perspective than the radical feminists’ position‚ which has both emotion and political centering in its logical expressions. Their focus is on widespread cultural awakening rather than a scholarly debate. Liberal feminists believe that there has been an improvement in the position of women and radical feminists believe
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New Delhi: Khosla Publishing House‚ 2002. Print. “Diaspora.” Oxford Dictionary Online. 2011. n.pag. Web. 17 Oct. 2011. Grossman‚ Lev. “Jhumpa Lahiri: The Quest Laureate.” Time Magazine 08 May 2011: n. pag. Web. 13 Aug. 2011. Kadam‚ Mansing G. “The Namesake: A Mosaic of Marginality‚ Alienation‚ and Nostalgia and Beyond.” Jhumpa Lahiri: Critical Prespective. Ed. Nigamananda Das. Delhi: Pencraft International‚ 2008. Print. Lahiri‚ Jhumpa. Interview by Barbara Kantowitz. “Who Says There’s No Second Act
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opportunities‚ successes and lack thereof – and should‚ as such‚ not be treated as mutually exclusive entities (Cocarla‚ “Feminist Popular Culture Theory”). That may seem like a lot to break down‚ but considering the historical context is helpful. By that point in time – namely the 1980s and 1990s – women had already seen the first and second waves of feminism come and go (Cocarla‚ “Feminist Popular Culture Theory”). While it is difficult to deny that both waves focused on
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The film I have chosen is “The Namesake” by Jhumpra Lahiri. A traditional Bengali Indian family‚ the Ganguli’s‚ are moving to New England and are trying to stay engulfed in their unique cultural identity. Ashoke Ganguli brings his new wife‚ Ashima‚ to a strange new world‚ leaving her lonely and confused of a culture outside of her own. Ashima needs to learn to love a man she does not know‚ to customize herself to a country she is unfamiliar with‚ and to hold true to her values in a culture foreign
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since women today supposedly benefit from “freedom” and choice” – but on the other hand‚ the progress of feminists is being erased and inequality is still prevalent (McRobbie‚ 260). In class‚ post-feminism was also seen as being defined by a cessation of the need for feminism; some would posit that females are already equal to males and the work of feminists is complete (Cocarla‚ “Feminist Popular Culture Theory”). There is clearly a contradiction here with what McRobbie believes. So‚ which is it
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differentiated‚ heterogeneous‚ contested spaces even as they are implicated in the construction of common ‘they’. Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Namesake” tells the story of the Ganguli family over the course of thirty years. The immigrant is constantly struggling with the memories of his homeland and the realities of the new world. This constant struggle is portrayed “The Namesake” as first generation immigrants and their children struggle to find their places in society. The Ganguli parents struggle with adapting
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to the world of art is for pioneering feminist art work. Schapiro was a leader of the feminist art movement and in many of her painting she would put “girly”‚ pink‚ or craft elements to represent not women in general‚ but the femininity represented by these additions. For example‚ in the 1970’s she painted a hand fan‚ typically a small woman’s object‚ and made it heroic in nature by painting it six feet by twelve. Nancy Azara‚ a founder of the New York Feminist Art Institute told ARTnews that “Her
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Furthermore‚ these systems of oppression do not operate independently. Instead‚ these systems work simultaneously and are very much interdependent. The gender pay gap as a perfect example of this codependence. In the article‚ “7 Reasons why Class is a Feminist Issue” author Erin Mckelle describes how in our capitalistic society money is power. Interestingly‚
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Don’t Get Me Started On: Anti-Feminists I have the misfortune of hearing phrases such as “inequality doesn’t exist!” or “I don’t need feminism because……” It pains me to hear these things because all they are are misinformed opinions or sexist statements. To start with‚ the dictionary definition of Feminism is as follows‚ “The advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.” Straight away‚ this demolishes any argument that feminism a sexist movement. Equality is not a hard
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