Essays on Feminism

            Postmodern feminism is a prominent feminist theory that espouses the belief that there is no single way of being a woman. It strongly criticizes and opposes the male-dominated setup of the society which places women into the role of—in the words of Simone de Beauvoir—the Other (Agge, 1993, p. 84). Like other postmodern beliefs,…

Nervous Conditions is concerned with women who live in a traditional African society in Zimbabwe (former Rhodesia), who struggle to find their place in the patriarchal system and who search for their independence. Each female protagonist in the novel finds her own way of dealing with her situation; however, this essay focuses on two characters-Tambu…

There has been, thankfully, a great shift since the chastened “New Women” of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, as noted by critic Phyllis A. Roth”For both the Victorians and twentieth century readers, much of the novel’s great appeal comes from its hostility toward female sexuality”1That hostility has been a source for female transformation from the post feminist…

Feminism in the scarlet letter Feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of political, social, and economic equality to men. In Nathaniel hawthorns The Scarlet letter Hester Prone is the main example of feminism. Hester Prone is a good example of feminism because she did not go for the usual role of…

            Feminism is a broad topic that needs analysis. One must not just dwell on the books for it to be studied. We also need to hear the assumptions of people to see it in a larger scope. For this paper, I interviewed six people and have them answered some questions regarding feminism. I have…

The intent of this undertaking is to analyse Jonathan Swift ‘s Gulliver ‘s Travels from feminist position. To to the full understand the positions that Swift exhibited, with regard to feminist attack, it is of import to hold some background on Swift himself and adult females ‘s function in society in the 18th century. Swift…

What is Feminist Thought or Feminist Theory? Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Feminist theory emerged from these feminist movements and includes general theories and theories about the origins of inequality, and, in some cases, about the social…

ABORTION THROUGH A FEMINIST ETHICS POINT OF VIEW The feminist supposition is that abortion must end the existence of the fetus, since this is what women look for when they seek abortions. Females seeking abortion do not necessarily want to give up their fetus; they simply want to make certain that there is no life…

Feminist theory, it should be mentioned from the beginning of the paper, is not a unified theory. As women experience the social world differently according to class, age or “race”, there exist different feminist standpoints within the feminist tradition – i. e. Marxist or Postmodernist feminists and this explains the need to talk of Feminisms…

            Once upon a time, women were considered the inferior sex whose acts are strictly defined by society. They were restricted to household chores, bearing and rearing children. Education for them was limited to the arts and homemaking. In politics and governance, they had no voice. They could not vote. In certain societies and cultures,…