deconstruct the notion that fundamentalist Islam in China is an ahistorical‚ purely antifeminist‚ oppressive ideology. Rather‚ the expansion of Wahhabism and Hanbali shari’ah‚ which are widely associated with conservative‚ extremist Islamic ideologies‚ is a product of larger historical‚ political and social factors within the state of Xinjiang. By viewing fundamentalist Islam as solely an oppressive ideology‚ this eliminates space for women’s agency‚ and eliminates how historical and socio-political factors
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I am not a proponent of the feminist theory so my initial answer to whether the theory should be applied to Stan is no. However‚ I do think one of the techniques used could be beneficial to Stan. The technique of gender role analysis (Corey‚ 2015) may help Stan (Corey‚ 2015) to understand how his perception of male expectations are might be affecting his depression and addictions. Stan was open in sharing that his father and his mother continually tried to conform him to how they believed a real
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9.1 Feminist Practice: Karen has demonstrated her depth of understanding Social Work theory and her talent for applying its practice. Karen was able to recognize the situation and view it with a socialist perspective. The initial information of two small children wandering around at night alone‚ pulls at our heart strings and exposes our bias. These biases make us susceptible to formulating rash knee jerk reactions of condemnation. Karen is aware of her biases and has demonstrated the ability to
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A woman’s abhorrent behaviour within the patriarchy would get them killed (qtd. in Natalie Dejonghe‚ 6). Although‚ Florinda’s broken chastity challenges patriarchy through her female agency. For example‚ Florinda is apparent that she will not “obey [to] those unjust commands” (5) of marrying “old sir fifty” Don Vincentio a wealthy older man decided by her father. Don Vincentio symbolizes patriarchy as the traditional system through his family wealth of five hundred years. This contact between father
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Assess the usefulness of feminist contributions to our understanding of society today. (33 marks) Feminism is a conflict theory which views society as male dominated and it seeks to describe‚ explain and change the position of women in society. Feminism is therefore a theory of women’s subordination and also a political movement. There are different types of feminism‚ which I will be evaluating in this essay; Liberal‚ Radical‚ Marxist‚ Black and Postmodernist feminist. Feminists criticise mainstream
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In 1776‚ the future first lady of the United States of America‚ Abigail Adams‚ wrote her husband‚ “If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion‚ and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice‚ or Representation”. Ever since Aristotle drew up his plan of utter nonsense‚ women have been place as lesser than males. However‚ women have known this philosophy as being absolute rubbish for a long time. Hypatia of Alexandria
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Capitalism‚ Racism‚ and Patriarchy A specific targeted attack is needed to dismantle systems of oppression (RACE CLASS AND GENDER) Marxism alone cannot adequately address inequalities of race and gender because it ignores the historical impacts of race and gender As such critical problems will persist Patriarchy is not just a superstructure It is an independent oppressive system which must also be dismantled before true revolution can occur Patriarchal norms will persist in the home (home is
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Inter American University of Puerto Rico Metro Campus Cultural Theory: Summary of: Althusser’s Concept of Ideology Louis Althusser builds on the work of Jacques Lacan to understand the way ideology functions in society. He thus moves away from the Marxist understanding of ideology. In earlier model‚ ideology was believe to create what was termed “false consciousness”‚ a false understanding of the way the world functioned. (For example the suppressions of the fact that the products were
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character analysis is going to examine the emasculation of the vampire’s traditional monster nature alongside its accompanying evolution into heroism‚ how a female vampire’s metamorphoses from lasciviousness to empowerment by her familial bond as the patriarchy of her coven‚ Selene is a strong warrior for the Death Dealers. Selene is a not any regular vampire in the Underworld movie series. She sets the standard for female vampires by blatantly disregarding the laws of her kind and while most female vampires
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Many feminist argue that patriarchy is the root of gender inequalities in the world. There are many formal definition of the term “patriarchy”‚ in general‚ patriarchy is a social construct in which masculine qualities are valued more than feminine qualities. Traditionally‚ patriarchy is explained in terms of the household. That is‚ a woman is limited to the household tasks‚ and her husband is the head of the house who determines how much freedom the wife has within the house. In this paper I argue
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