EWS 380 Fall 2013 Research Paper Women in Morocco have been oppressed for a great period of time and are only recently starting to make strides in becoming an equal gender. Women have always been restricted in what they can do‚ or how they do things. They have been constricted by patriarchy. Space‚ language‚ and education have all been used against women to keep them from progressing as a gender‚ and as they have stayed in place‚ men have furthered their gap by keeping high powered‚ political
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in achieving full female emancipation by purely focusing on the public life of women. In this way‚ the only way for feminists to be successful in their aims is to concern themselves with the personal lives of women which subsequently means that feminism‚ in the modern sense‚ with the knowledge of the failure of both the first and second wave liberal feminists and socialist feminists to bring about female emancipation‚ has to be defined by the belief that the personal is the political. Until the 1960’s
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As a journalist and critic for Time Magazine‚ James Poniewozik concentrates on how the classic fairytale of Cinderella has been reinvented multiple times to correspond with the viewpoints of feminist authors. Poniewozik claims in his article "The Princess Paradox" that "girls choosing the fairy-tale ending is not such a bad thing" (667). However Peggy Orenstein‚ a contributing writer for The New York Times‚ would completely disagree with that statement. Orenstein stresses in her article Cinderella
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sparked the Ukrainian group Femen to take a stand. On April fourth Femen‚ led by Shevchenko‚ staged a topless protest called “topless jihad”. The protest spanned across Europe‚ and drew the attention of both civilians and police. While many of the feminists in this group fought bravely for their beliefs‚ many having to resists arrests and the jeering patrons‚ some members of the group took it too far. Some Femen activists not only strolled topless along public streets‚ but dressed and held signs offensive
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research aims to study the discourse on language and gender in fairy tales. Most of the contemporary fairy tales are criticized and explored as retellings of popular fairy tales that explore the gender in fairy tales. These writers (most of are feminists) wished to shed light on the images of women in literature. They wanted to exhibit female empowerment and independence in their works to build the foundation of female identity. However‚ in some works‚ they tend to be bias on their representations
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Conflict‚ Feminist and Symbolic Interactionist. • Which theory do you find the most persuasive? Why? "Feminism" is about equality of the sexes‚ and activism to achieve such equality for women. Not all feminist theorists have agreed about how to achieve that equality and what equality looks like. Here are some of the key writers on feminist theory‚ key to understanding what feminism has been all about. I’ve listed them in chronological order so it’s easier to see the development of feminist theory
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LIPSTICK FEMINISM SUBMITTED TO: Mr.AyanHazra (Faculty of Sociology) SUBMITTED BY: Geetanjali Shahi Roll No.-55 Semester-III DATE OF SUBMISSION: 26th of August ‚ 2013 HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY‚ RAIPUR (C.G.) Acknowledgements I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude towards my course teacher‚ Mr.AyanHazra for giving me constant guidance and encouragement throughout the course of the project. I would also like to thank the University
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Tuohy 1 Mikki Tuohy ENG 390 Dr. Buttram December 12‚ 2008 Grading Feminist Theory The poem “Marks” by Linda Pastan is a short piece that focuses on a housewife’s duties being graded by her family as if it were her homework. The wife is graded by her husband‚ son and daughter using different three grading systems‚ each time being told that she could do better‚ but ends by saying that the family should “Wait ‘til they learn / I’m dropping out” (10-11). In an interview on “The Newshour with Jim
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Philosophy of Feminism Final Exam The philosophy of feminism involves attempting to use the methods of philosophy to further the cause of feminist movements. Bell hooks is a feminist who successfully does exactly that. I will discuss how Kimberlé Crenshaw’s literature Traffic at the Crossroads: Multiple Oppressions has a very similar underlying vision shared with bell hooks about what it takes to effectively liberate women in society. I will also discuss how Judith Butler’s postmodern theories
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The Women Who Walked Into Doors The Feminist lens allows us to view a piece of literature from a different perspective. It applies the perspective of feminism to a certain piece of literature. There are a large number of feminism literary theories and all with a different angle of viewing the literature. Some theories look at the way words and symbols in the book are gendered. Other theories show the difference of writing between male and female authors. Many theories also focus on stereotypes
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