Feminist Theology Feminist theology is based on the idea of "not lord but brother". Jesus Christ himself stepped outside of societies norms by befriending the outcasts of society‚ which included women. Women are often portrayed as the cause of or focus of evil and misdeeds in the bible. The focus of feminist theology is the perspective of theology from those who were outcast and therefore considered themselves as equals and friends to Jesus Christ. "If there is anything they desire to know‚
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Feminist Criminology: How useful is it in its analysis of female crime? MSc Criminology and Forensic Psychology Feminist criminology emerged out of the realisation that criminology has from its inception centred on men and the crimes they commit. Although it can be argued female criminality was researched by Lombroso‚ as far back as 1800’s‚ female crime‚ it’s causes and the impact in which it had on society was largely ignored by the criminological futurity. Those Criminologist who did
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Feminist Geography Since its conception‚ geography has been involved in the development of races and genders‚ mapping the boundaries that separate and exclude the world of privilege from the other. The imposing eyes that facilitated this domination have recently been challenged to quash their perpetuation of racial difference‚ and although existing more obscurely‚ to challenge the sexist legacy remaining in geography. “As part of geography‚ feminist approaches within our
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supported an amendment to the 1867 Reform Bill. An extension of feminism into theoretical or philosophical fields such as anthropology‚ sociology‚ economics‚ women’s studies‚ literary criticism‚ art history‚ and psychoanalysis is called feminist theory. Feminist theory aims to understand gender inequality and focuses on gender politics‚ power relations‚ and sexuality. While providing a critique of these social and political relations‚ much
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reflected from the perspectives and experiences of women. This is commonly called Feminist Christology. There are many types of feminist Christology that can be divided into two categories. The revolutionary school of thought is produced by women who‚ upon examining the Christian tradition‚ find it so male-dominated that they pronounce it hopelessly irredeemable. The other category is of the reformist feminist theologians‚ who also find the Christian tradition male-dominated but find hope
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Nanette Salomon‚ a very well known feminist writer‚ wrote the article‚ “Judging Artemisia: A Baroque Woman in Modern Art History.” The article opens up with a discussion about the 2001-2 exhibition of Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi: Father and Daughter Painters in Baroque Italy. The author explains that three things are unusual here: the fact that two famous artists were presented at the same time‚ that they were related as father and daughter‚ and the fact that the woman was better known than
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What is Feminist Thought or Feminist Theory? Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining‚ establishing and defending equal political‚ economic‚ and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Feminist theory emerged from these feminist movements and includes general theories and theories about the origins of inequality‚ and‚ in some cases‚ about the social construction of sex and gender‚ in a variety of disciplines. Waves of Feminism The period described as first-wave feminism refers
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feminism and eventually produced robust movements to end violence against women and children as well as to end pornography‚ which radical feminists saw as anti-woman propaganda and a source of sexual violence. This collided with but did not merge with the demands of a growing conservative movement to police sex more rigorously and also incited opposition within the feminist movement as some activists were concerned about a return to state censorship and the intensification of an anti-sex backlash for women
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Feminist Perspectives on Power First published Wed Oct 19‚ 2005; substantive revision Wed Mar 9‚ 2011 Although any general definition of feminism would no doubt be controversial‚ it seems undeniable that much work in feminist theory is devoted to the tasks of critiquing women ’s subordination‚ analyzing the intersections between sexism and other forms of subordination such as racism‚ heterosexism‚ and class oppression‚ and envisioning the possibilities for both individual and collective resistance
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Socialist Feminist Criticism: You Dropped the Bomb on Me‚ Baby Feminism and gender studies have been described as having the ability to "challenge literary and culture theory to confront the difficult task of assimilating the findings of an expanding sphere of inquiry" (Contemporary Literary Criticism 567). This area of study has taken center stage during the last fifty years‚ not only in our society‚ but also in literary criticism. Although the terrain Feminism traverses can hardly be narrowed
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