Patriarchy

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…

Ghassan Ali Moussawi defines the Lebanese Gay Community as “informal social networks, institutions (such as nightclubs, bars, and restaurants) and activism”(103). Activism is mainly expressed through the use of Lebanon’s only LGBT non-profit organization, Helem, which was created in 2004. Helem is an NGO “dedicated to the protection and empowerment of LGBTQ individuals in Lebanon,…

Introduction             In the case of an abused woman such as Tara Jones, it is significant not only to evaluate and account for her experiences and personal background in an effort to provide counseling and assistance, there is also a need to examine her development as a human being within a sociocultural context. The feminist…

Why is it so important that unions focus their energy and resources on organizing the unrecognized? 2. Describe and explain the major barriers to the increased unionization of women in “hard to organize” sectors and workplaces. 3. Do the experiences of organizing informal workers in India, or immigrant janitors in the United States, provide any…

Summary In this article Jennifer Parks brought up three radical feminists; Shulamith Firestone, Gena Corea and Janice Raymond, and their views. Starting with Firestone, who believed that there was another class division (sex class), and spoke of how woman’s roles have been largely influenced by the male dominant culture. Shulamith Firestone understood that assisted reproductive…

The First Sunday of Each Month I believe I was born again two years back when my grandmother expired.  I felt like an entirely new person when I started to attend church for the first time in my life, with the hope that I would be able to grasp the real reasons for life and…