The Liberation of Women and The New Woman: A New Definition of Feminism in Late 19th Century Egypt
Book review - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Discover how Qasim Amin's works, The Liberation of Women and The New Woman, revolutionized the concept of feminism in late 19th century Egypt, blending Islamic teachings with Western influences and social sciences. Explore the intellectual modernity and societal implications of his...
Ecofeminism: A Movement for Women's Rights and Environmental Preservation
Case study - 2 pages - Arts and art history
Discover the intersection of feminism and ecology through the lens of ecofeminism, a movement that seeks to defend women's rights and preserve nature. Learn about the key artists and theorists who have shaped this thought-provoking concept.
Women and Feminism in France and the World: Access to Education and Beyond
Dissertation - 13 pages - Educational studies
Explore the complexities of women's roles in France and globally, from education to economic society and motherhood. This document delves into the challenges of teaching women's positions in FLE classes, highlighting the importance of intercultural understanding.
Feminism in War Reporting
Essay - 39 pages - Journalism
The Era of the Velvet Ghetto: To what extent can the evolution of women's position in war reportage since the Second World War be explained by Djerf-Pierre's theory of ‘The Gender of Journalism'? This project analyses the evolution of women's position of influence within the...
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë (1847) ; The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (1985) ; Kissing the War Goodbye - Victor Jorgensen (1945) - How have British and American artists dealt with feminism in relationships through time?
Text commentary - 3 pages - Art history
We will study this through three documents. The first document is the novel "Jane Eyre", written by Charlotte Brontë and published in 1847 in London. It is a coming-of-age novel: indeed, we follow the story of Jane, a young orphan girl who lives with her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her cousins, John,...
In what way storytelling helped shape feminism in our current society?
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
I choose the notion of the Idea of Progress. To illustrate this notion, I decided to talk about the idea of progress in feminism. Before I start, I'd like to give a quick definition of the notion: the idea of progress can be defined as an improvement, a development or a change. As a...
Is Gender a useful tool? What about the consequences of theorizing Gender? (Analysis of the impact of Gender for feminism, theory...)
Essay - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Using the word 'gender' is now rather common, for instance, in official documents. This means that the concept of gender has been accepted by the whole society even if sometimes it is used without knowing the very meaning of this concept and even if gender is sometimes understood as a...
Feminism in Three Perspectives
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Women have always been labeled the weaker sex. Evolutionists will say that men have adapted to be physically stronger, as it is their role to provide for his family and protect them. Religious scholars will tell you that wives must defer to their husbands, and were created as mere compliments...
The effects of feminism in the english language
Case study - 4 pages - Linguistics & languages
During recent decades, feminist commentators have adopted a critical view of various aspects of the English language, arguing that in the English language and many sentence structures and models evolve around the male figure (http://plato.stanford.edu). Sexist language had been a significant...
Feminism and Gender Sensitivity in Reporting
Thesis - 1 pages - Journalism
There is no doubt a thin line between the concepts of feminism and gender sensitivity in reporting. Sometimes these two concepts are interchanged. It is our view, however, that there is a significant difference between these two concepts. This report aims to clarify this difference...
"Discussion about the limitations of liberal feminism with particular reference to the construction of gender and across class, race, ethnicity and religious belief - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Feminist ideas and feminist politics have emerged because of the fact that in nearly all societies which divide the sexes into differing cultural, economic or political spheres, women are less valued than men (Robert Shoemaker and Mary Vincent 1998, 36-8). The current study will focus not on the...
The rise of feminism - publié le 13/01/2009
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Organized efforts by women to achieve greater rights occurred in two major waves. The first wave began around the mid-19th century, when women in the United States and elsewhere campaigned to gain suffrage-that is, the right to vote. This wave lasted until the 1920s, when several countries...
Identity politics and feminism in France and in the United States - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
In 2005, in her book entitled Beyond identity politics - feminism, power and politics, Moya Lloyd writes: “feminism is an identity politics” so far as “it articulates the demands of a particular constituency (women), united and galvanized on the basis of shared...
France and the United States: Two different approaches to feminism - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Philosophy
Feminism is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as “the belief that women should have the same economic, social, and political rights as men” . However, there is not a single definition for feminism. This notion is rather complex and controversial, and it cannot be fully...
Feminism in France and in the US: A comparison
Essay - 12 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In 1991, the American feminist movement was revived by the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas case. In the same year, Clarence Thomas, a Supreme Court nominee was accused a few days before his appointment of sexual harassment by one of his former co-workers, the Law Professor Anita Hill. This case is...
Feminism in France and in the United States of America: A comparison - publié le 29/09/2009
Thesis - 14 pages - Philosophy
This comparative study arouses already some stakes to this first word. How do we define feminism in a strict way that is stripped of any subjectivity? To define this controversial word appears not only useful but also a necessary starting point to this essay. According to Le Petit Robert,...
Feminism in France and in the US: A comparison - publié le 12/05/2009
Thesis - 11 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In 1991, the American feminist movement was revived by the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas case. In the same year, Clarence Thomas, a Supreme Court nominee was accused a few days before his appointment of sexual harassment by one of his former co-workers, the Law Professor Anita Hill. This case is...
Liberal feminism, a white, racist bourgeois movement? - publié le 13/01/2009
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Women have always been considered as the ‘weak sex', in opposition to the ‘strong sex' represented by men. Hence, they have always suffered from being oppressed and subordinated to men. Yet in order to be no longer discriminated against a condition which they did not chose, women...
Women in higher education: Exploring historically and in the present, the links between educational achievement, feminism and struggles for workplace equality
Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The continued discrimination against women in higher education, and in the career path after graduation, is the topic of this essay. It is based upon a review of literature covering the subject of women's acceptance into higher education programs, the kinds of programs they excel in, and the...
How socialist feminism in Cuba was restricted by Hegemony
Thesis - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Throughout history, subordinate groups in society have accommodated and adjusted to higher authority in order to advance individual rights. More specifically, revolutionary women in Cuba during and after the revolution of 1959 adjusted to the socialist, and later communist ideologies that...
Antony and Cleopatra: Shakespeare's criticism of the XVIIth century's anti-feminism - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 10 pages - Literature
like in his other Roman plays like Julius Caesar, Shakespeare used in Antony and Cleopatra the description of the Roman society to describe his own society. But in this play the main point of analysis was not politics but the place of women in the society. During the XVIth and XVIIth centuries,...
John Barry, social theory and the environment, London: Routledge, 1999, chap.5 "Gender, the nonhuman world and social thought" & Mary Mellor, "Eco-feminism and environmental ethics: a materialist perspective", in Michael E. Zimmerman (ed.) - publié le 07/05/2009
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The first text, “gender, the nonhuman world and social thought”, presents the concept of eco-feminism by highlighting the links between environment, gender and social theory. The main movements within eco-feminism are explained with both their advantages and limits. The...
France and the United States: Two different approaches to feminism
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Feminism is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as “the belief that women should have the same economic, social, and political rights as men” . However, there is not a single definition for feminism. This notion is rather complex and controversial, and it cannot be fully...
Difference between American and european feminism
Essay - 15 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The history of feminism is marked by continuity as well as by change. According to Ginette Castro, 'feminism is a cyclic phenomenon, each cycle brings its fruit'. Consequently, we will begin by different definitions to this movement of feminism, then we will discuss...
Identity politics and feminism in France and in the United States
Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In 2005, in her book entitled Beyond identity politics - feminism, power and politics, Moya Lloyd writes: “feminism is an identity politics” so far as “it articulates the demands of a particular constituency (women), united and galvanized on the basis of shared...
Impact of feminism on the ability of women to make notable strides and improvements in certain areas of their lives
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
When the feminist movement formally began in the late 1960s, many women saw the movement as an opportunity to raise the American consciousness about critical issues that had long impacted the ability of women to acquire social, political and economic equality. Although it is evident that...
The role of technology in cyborg feminism
Essay - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Donna Haraway, in ‘A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century” casts the role of ‘technology' in two opposing lights: on the one hand, technology is seen as something women should (indeed must) embrace as a motivator for...
Feeding the American Family: Feminism and Food
Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Due to the multiplicity of duties and roles families play in American society, women with families face the increasingly difficult task of managing food preparation and providing nutrition for their families at once. Women with full-time careers must both conduct their own lives and care for...
A Little Breathing Room : A Look At Feminism
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
“ ‘To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart…' and in this way we began a long session of ventilation of the heart” (Satrapi). With these words, Marjane Satrapi sets the stage for Embroideries and her intimate insight into the lives of women in an Iranian...
How Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' contributed to the evolution of feminism
Book review - 4 pages - Literature
Kate Chopin was an integral part of the evolution of feminism, providing early 20th century readers with feminist literature that is still highly respected and studied today. Although it is easy to approach her work, and all such work, work with textual evidence supporting a claim of the...
