Feminist Language Planning: Has it been worthwhile? Anne Pauwels University of Wollongong 1 Feminism and language There is no doubt that feminism has been and continues to be one of the main social movements of this century. Its impact is felt in many societies around the world and in many spheres of life. The women ’s or feminist movement strives‚ amongst other things‚ for the elimination of gender discrimination and for the greater recognition of women ’s contributions to society
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an author that wishes to expose how dominant men are over women. Feminism came to fruition in the 1960s‚ and is still used today. This form of criticism looks at how society and culture are inherently male dominant‚ another word for patriarchal. Feminist criticism critiques the economic‚ political‚ societal‚ and emotional oppression of women. This form of criticism emphasizes the activities women are prohibited and prevented from participating in. The theory of this criticism evaluates how facets
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Characteristics of Orsino in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Knight Love is desirable‚ everyone is in search of it‚ but some take it too far. Some let it control you‚ and reveal characteristics that ought not to be revealed. Orsino‚ in the twelfth knight for example let’s love control him revealing aspects of his personality that reveal is obsession with love. Some Notable Characteristics of the Duke of Illyria are his moodiness‚ selfishness and how he is a fool for love. Orsino is a gentleman who
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The Decameron: A Feminist or Misogynist text? Giovanni Boccaccio is one of the leading Italian writers in the 1300s and has been considered as the father of Italian writing style through his composition of one hundred novelle. The Decameron continuously pictures women not as the objects of discussion but as the active producers and interpreters of their actions. Women are portrayed as they are or as they should be; they are shown to be as aggressive as men are while at the same time they can be
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socioeconomic status previous to intersectionality would have had to choose one of her identities to associate with- whereas now she would be able to assign herself to each of these identities and present herself as a product of the way they mesh together. Feminist literature describes that whilst most women understood and accepted the dominance approach that describes males’ social power over women‚ the ‘hegemony of feminisms that is constructed primarily around the lives of white–middle class women’ was rarely
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Most of the rhetoric in the women’s movement rejects the Abrahamic Religions. Phyllis Trible notes in her essay Eve and Adam: Genesis 2-3 Reread that feminist are hostile towards the Bible because they believe the Bible to be hostile towards them. But as Trible explains in her essay‚ this is not the case. In fact‚ she argues that the Bible can be reread in a new scope to be seen as a tool of equality. Phyllis Trible earned her B. A. at Meredith College and then went on to get her Ph.D with an
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13 September 2012 Fat Is A Feminist Issue Overeating & Obesity Obesity and overeating is a topic that is ongoing within the United States‚ and in many lives of woman today. Fifty percent of woman that live in this country alone are estimated to be overweight. Individuals of our society are always looking for new diets‚ dietary plans‚ supplements‚ and or advice. Every woman would love to be considered physically fit‚ and beautiful in the eyes of others‚ but this within itself is a challenge. Everyone
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not a theory used to focus on the inequality between races‚ but to increase the knowledge of the inequality that African American women faced in relationship to African American men. Crenshaw’s(1991) article on intersectionality mentions how the government works to oppress women. The government works to separate and discriminate those individuals who are displayed as “outliers”. African American women‚ to be specific‚ are targeted because of their race as well as
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From a sociological mind‚ there are four main perspective that the people of society fall into. There are the functionalist‚ who thrive to see the productivity of everything‚ the conflict theorist who believe the system is always against them and there will always be a hierarchy‚ the feminist who believe in the patriarchy‚ and the interactionist who think our communication is the thing that holds us all together. These four perspectives have very different believes when it comes to one of the most
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The "Trifles" of Feminism The bone of contention for feminist theory is centered at the treatment of women living in a patriarchal society. Feminists raised questions about why women were being forced into a position of subordination and their affairs looked at with marginal importance. Susan Glaspell’s story “Trifles” depicts the plight of women and their subordination while subversively commenting on the negative effects this had on the female psyche. “Trifles“ begins with an investigation into
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