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    Amanda Platel has argues that‚ contrary to radical‚ socialist and liberal feminist beliefs‚ women can find deep fulfilment in the private sphere‚ and so should not be discouraged to step into the role of housewife. Like some extreme members of radical feminism‚ conservative feminists have claimed that attempts to be equal on men’s terms‚ according to men’s values and interests‚ are doomed to failure and simply create a new form of female exploitation and manipulation‚ with grave social consequences for

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    about women supposed to be domestic mothers‚ be weakness‚ be oppressed‚ be controlled‚ get gender discriminations‚ be subordinated‚ and ideal as based on society rule. Those imagination are easy to be found in years 1840-80 time of beginning feminism wave‚ phase of women struggle to seek their position equal with men. In this era‚ gender discrimination is stronger. Statements such as men are more powerful than women or women are controlled by men‚ are common things. A woman should be able to

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    Pretty Woman

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    Q: Outline the discursive and representational tropes of post feminism in Pretty Woman. The quintessential romance Pretty Woman (1990) staring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere is essentially a modern day fairy tale where the underprivileged young woman meets her handsome prince and lives happily ever after. The film resonates the same narrative formula as classic fable Cinderella‚ in that the film’s protagonist Vivian (Roberts) plays a prostitute who is bought for a week by wealthy businessman

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    Carrie Garrison October 19‚ 2013 English II Honors B Turner Busting Out of the Kitchen Feminism is a very complex and diverse subject‚ so therefore defining it is equally complex. In its most basic terms feminism is the belief that women are obligated to the same rights as men (Feminism). Many people who support feminism believe that history was written from male’s point of view and consequently does not express women’s role in history or their place in society (Feminist Jurisprudence). There

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    ever done for Feminism’? Introduction Feminism in a simple definition refers to women’s movements‚ and feminism is a subject that is on going which has become a forum for debate in relation to television and film. My main focus will be feminism in the television series ‘The Sopranos’ which will be used as a case study to examine the theory of feminism plus psychoanalysis and how it’s inflicted on the screen. An academic book that I have selected will allow me to approach feminism in ‘The Sopranos’

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    Feminism in Macbeth

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    Feminism is the Source of Tragedy in Macbeth Behind every successful man there is a ruthless woman pushing him along to gain her own personal successes. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth causes Macbeths downfall. With the faults and lies of Lady Macbeth‚ marriage is Macbeth’s big mistake. Lady Macbeth turns his courageous conquests on the fields of war into butchery. Mangled by the blood-spotted hands of his wife he becomes a traitor to himself‚ the people around him‚ and even her. In the

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    Feminism In The Awakening

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    Feminism transformation and self-realization in The Awakening Over time‚ the rights of women have been taken great care of and evolved. The feminist movement development made all these progressive changes. This happened in the twentieth century. The reason for this development was both political and social. Kate Chopin’s novel‚ The Awakening‚ is the story of one of a woman’s self-expedition to free herself from society anticipation. In the beginning‚ Edna Pontellier is just a subservient wife and

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    political and social pundits‚ bloggers and DJs. According to the Washington Post‚ “Slut Walks have cropped up organically‚ in city after city‚ fueled by raw emotional and political energy of young women”. These women are making an attempt to have their local actions move beyond the layers of rape and to truly the politics of feminism. The disagreements about the Slut Walks are “grounded in clashing political investments in feminism‚ disagreements over strategies‚ tactics‚ and priorities‚ and related conflicts

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    upon how women are described as sub-human and thus inferior to the man. Other aspects of feminist criticism may include the analysis of how non-feminine objects or characters are described as resembling females in order to belittle them. Early Feminism * One of the earliest feminist writings is Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792) in which she criticizes stereotypes of women as emotional and instinctive and argues that women should aspire to the same rationality

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    Margaret Sanger Analysis

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    The work of Margaret Sanger symbolizes the end of the first wave of feminism and the start of the second wave with the introduction to the undercurrent that is bodily autonomy which flows between the waves; educated women who had served in the war were reluctant to return home to their domestic duties whilst the women of Friedan’s era chose to go home and adopt these domestic duties. Sanger’s work empowered the next two generations of women and there was a general consensus emerging that women deserved

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