Essays on Women Page 43

In Saudi Arabia, both men and women have a surprisingly wide range of views. It is considered an insult to question the decisions these women are making and their culture. If most Saudi women want to wear a tent and choose not to drive, that should be respected. However, it is important to give them…

Women fought so they would be able to vote in the elections. The Women’s Suffrage movement started in 1848. Suffragists are people, mainly women who advocate for women’s rights. For years, women’s suffrage supporters continued to educate anyone about the importance of women’s suffrage. Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and other suffragists distributed petitions…

From a male perspective living in a patriarchal society, as difficult as it is to admit the sentiment that “women are superior to men,” the truth is evident in some rather significant ways. To begin with the obvious, women have the ability to give birth, so without them, the reproduction of mankind would cease to…

There are many things that is wrong with the government voting system: long lines at polling stations, broken machines, voter intimidation, and more. We can at least take acknowledgment in the fact that, in theory anyway, all citizens in good standing, men and women alike, very much have the right to vote. This wasn’t always…

            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,…

When reading a book or any piece of literature, the background of the reader plays a significant role in how they perceive the work. Two readers with different viewpoints and backgrounds will naturally have differing opinions and interpretations of the same writing. For instance, a feminist lens and a Marxist lens offer contrasting perspectives. Through…