The N.O.W. (National Organization for Women) Bill of Rights‚ written in 1968‚ perfectly matches everything the feminist movement had been hoping to achieve until that point. Some of the points N.O.W. was making and asking for was employment rights‚ in regards to maternity leave and return‚ removing laws that limited access to abortion and contraception codes (reproductive rights)‚ publically funded day cares (child care rights)‚ property rights‚ education rights‚ and education rights. Some of the
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This semester‚ the readings were a bit challenging‚ but overall I enjoyed the readings. It has always been very difficult for me to understand Donna Haraway‚ but by discussing her in class and giving examples‚ I was able to have a better understanding of her topics. Throughout her work Modest_Witness@Second_Millennium. FemaleMan©_Meets_OncoMouse: Feminism and Technoscience‚ Haraway explains that cyborgs are constructed as the postmodern icon in today’s society‚ because of science. Haraway explains
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“Under Western Eyes” Revisited: Feminist Solidarity through Anticapitalist Struggles I at the urging of a number of friends and with some trepidation‚ revisiting the themes and arguments of an essay written some sixteen years ago. This is a difficult essay to write‚ and I undertake it hesitantly and with humility—yet feeling that I must do so to take fuller responsibility for my ideas‚ and perhaps to explain whatever influence they have had on debates in feminist theory. “Under Western Eyes”
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2006. ‘Inequality Regimes: Gender‚ Class‚ and Race in Organizations.’ Gender and Society. 20 (4):441-464 -----1992 Alcoff‚ Linda. 1988. Cultural Feminism Verses Post-Structuralism: The Identity Crisis in Feminist Theory Alexander‚ Priscilla. 1987. “Prostitution: A Difficult Issue for Feminists.” In Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry‚ ed Allison‚ A. 1994. Nightwork: Sexuality‚ pleasure‚ and corporate masculinity in a Tokyo hostess club Bachelard‚ Gaston. 1958. The Poetics of Space
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‘A comparison of a thesis on Estrella Alfon’s selected short stories and future research on Lakambini Sitoy’ The rationale of Jane Dacillo Alcantara’s thesis dated September 2012 titled ‘Feminist Reading of Estrella Alfon’s selected short stories” was woman empowerment. She emphasized in her rationale that although the empowerment of woman have already become a trend in the contemporary society there are traces of ‘machismo’ still existing. She made examples of women’s position in the workplace
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the non-western women versus the other women. This difference is due to racism‚ colonialism and other cultural‚ economic and political factors. Sandoval criticizes western feminists for generalizing all women’s issues across the globe when according to her‚ this is not the case. In other words‚ western feminists define feminism solely through gender - not taking into consideration that suppression and representation of another women’s race. According to Sandoval‚ "The juncture I am proposing
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What is feminism in sociology terms? Feminist sociologists see it as their role to examine the position of women in society‚ and to uncover the ways in which patriarchy‚ or the power of men‚ has been used to control and oppress women. – Their choice of research tends to be influenced by this. There are four main types of feminist theory that attempt to explain the social differences between men and women: 1) Gender Differences: this examines how women’s location in‚ and experience of‚ social situations
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“Definition”). Men are deemed the “dominant sex” although they have their faults and issues. Feminism was brought forth by many women that did not want to stand silent anymore‚ women that wanted their equality. Women history named‚ “Feminists.” Not only was gender a problem with feminists but other discrimination such as; class‚ race‚ sexuality‚ and age were brought into perspective during the mid-1800s. Many groups and movements of feminism have formed since then. Feminism is described in three waves; first
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being serious‚ grown up‚ responsible – which is an opposite to white understanding of black women. Walker somehow implies that black women are superior to white women because of black folk tradition. Also Walker´s much cited phrase “womanist is to feminist as
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liberation differ from the perspective of many white feminists? Angela Davies starts by pointing out the plight of the black people‚ and especially black women‚ at the hands of slavery in the 19th century. With the rise of black people movements and abolishment of slavery‚ the black women’s working conditions didn’t seem to improve. They were still subjected to bad working conditions if not worse at the hands of the whites. The rise of the white feminists’ movement didn’t improve the plight of African
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