Essays on Feminism

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 in…

            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…

Feminism is the fight for equality, freedom, respect and dignity for all women/principle of gender equality. In today’s modern world context, where women are perceived to be of equal status of men, many people may believe that there is already not a need for the practice of feminism. However, I feel that in all aspects…

The feminist critique of realism is highly valid and essential for the creation of a fair International Relations order. However, it can also be argued that whilst the feminist critique focuses heavily on the negative and biased aspects of realism, it fails to provide solutions to correct the current inadequacies. By examining the theory of…

In The Crucible. gender plays an of import function in how the narrative comes together. Abigail. the chief adversary in the drama. is a immature. single adult female who is besides an orphan. She resents being a retainer. the lone chance offered to a immature. single miss. It shows the limited chances for adult females…

    Camille Paglia, author of the article “It’s A Jungle Out There” (1993), is an author and a feminist, from which she draws her views on date rape. However, she asserts the biological inevitability of gender roles, a view which is not supported by groups like NOW. This view is also a factor in how…

Concern about what is going on inside us in relation to who we are, and how we as people relate to our world human being and the world interact with each other all the time, the one influencing the other I am in the world and the world is in me we need to connect…

Simone de Beauvoir talks about women through the eyes of an existentialist in her book The Second Sex. Specifically, de Beauvoir’s views on how woman is “man’s dependent” shows the Subject and the Other relationship, a solution she gives to abolishing the oppression of women is that we need to abandon the idea that women…

Feminist Theory Both Jane Austen and her contemporary feminist theorists, one may argue, came to Sense and Sensibility from particular class positions and with particular ideological perceptions. This is not to say, however, that the writing or its readers uncritically accept those positions and perceptions. Using a concept of feminist theory, readers can unpack what…

Jane and Bertha’s struggle against Patriarchy In this essay my primary analysis will focus on the main character ,Jane, in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I will apply Gilbert and Guber’s idea about women in the Victorian Age and use it in the analysis of Jane and her development. The idea is based on the…