Category: Feminism

Reproduction and the labor of women Womens bodies and biology has often been reduced to their reproductive capacities which goes on to show how this reduction has aided marginalization of women in social, economic and political aspects. This debate interestingly has garnered two major, yet almost opposite, opinions in feminist science studies. This highlights differences…

Interdiction In this project I will be looking at feminist art and its effects, influences and relations in the Islamic culture. I want to explore and study some of the impacts the and differences between eastern and western cultures on feminist arts and artists. In particular I will be looking at Shirin Neshat, an Iranian…

There is an opinion that the life of Muslim women is full of restrictions, which are allegedly direct regulations of the Islamic faith. It is believed that a religious woman is a priori at the mercy of patriarchal norms, can not voluntarily make a decision and consciously observe practices. Part of men believes that women…

Estelle Freedman Feminism is a belief that women and men are inherently part of equal worth, most societies privilege men as a group, social movements are necessary to achieve equality between men and women with the understanding that gender always intersects with other social hierarchies(2014, 4). Due to the ways in which political thought and…

1.0 Introduction Feminism is a movement of the group of women to end sexism, sexist and oppression. There are a number feminist theories which are propounded on three main principles. The principles states that women have something important to subsidize to every part of the world, women being viewed as a burdened group of people…

Femicide. The brutal and cold-blooded murder of innocent females, an epidemic which is rapidly increasing across Latin America. This is defined by the killing of girls and women just for being females that can be traced back to the earliest points of history. The region of Latin America includes 5 of the 12 countries with…

A very warm good morning to everyone present here. I am Suchita Patil and my hobbies include reading books, destroying patriarchy and crushing misogyny. I am sure by now you all have realized that I am going to be talking about gender discrimination. To be specific, my topic is Sexism, Feminism and Rape Culture. Sexism…

Introduction Many facts say that humans are the most perfect creatures compared to other living creatures. Developing technology and science at the present time are the result of the minds that exist in human. They are able to develop the world thanks to the intelligence given to them. The development of this world may be…

When most people hear the word feminism the first thing that comes to their mind is sexuality and how they may look. According to IWDA, a proudly feminist organization, feminism is about all genders having equal rights and opportunities. Feminism is also about respecting diversity in womens experiences, identity, their knowledge, and them striving to…

An ideology that you may have heard about recently whether it be on social media, news outlets, or through family and friends is one that dates back to the twentieth century and is still striving to this day. Feminism, often defined by the basic beliefs that women are disadvantaged because of their sex and that…