Farewell to Gender - Virginia Review of Asian Studies
... “literary Renaissance sweeping through China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution 6” (Sieber 183). After a failed attempt in China’s national College Entrance Examination, Chen spent two years at home, immersing herself in literary works, ranging from ancient Chinese writings to classical foreign ...
... “literary Renaissance sweeping through China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution 6” (Sieber 183). After a failed attempt in China’s national College Entrance Examination, Chen spent two years at home, immersing herself in literary works, ranging from ancient Chinese writings to classical foreign ...
“Imagining New Identities And Communities For Feminisms
... current political discourse that ignores women’s private concerns (such as daycare) even when the need is being brought about by the (inherent) nature of globalization. Despite the divergences in their respective trajectories, Latin American women’s movements and feminist organizations share a histo ...
... current political discourse that ignores women’s private concerns (such as daycare) even when the need is being brought about by the (inherent) nature of globalization. Despite the divergences in their respective trajectories, Latin American women’s movements and feminist organizations share a histo ...
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... in society to that of a fun house mirror that serves to make men look better (Woolf 1989, 101). Women writing on the social oppression of women have pinpointed women’s education as a crucial part of women’s oppression. Any man could feel accomplished if literate because women were not able to read o ...
... in society to that of a fun house mirror that serves to make men look better (Woolf 1989, 101). Women writing on the social oppression of women have pinpointed women’s education as a crucial part of women’s oppression. Any man could feel accomplished if literate because women were not able to read o ...
A Garland of Feminist Reflections: Forty Years of Religious Exploration
... and scorn all other religious beliefs and worldviews” (24-25). Neither of her parents went to high school and as Gross tells us, “education was not valued at all in my home” (25). Now a professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and a senior teacher within both Khandro Rinpoche’s We ...
... and scorn all other religious beliefs and worldviews” (24-25). Neither of her parents went to high school and as Gross tells us, “education was not valued at all in my home” (25). Now a professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and a senior teacher within both Khandro Rinpoche’s We ...
the sociology of gender - Rutgers University Libraries
... associated with the development of stereotypes—oversimplified conceptions that people who occupy the same status group share certain traits in common. Although stereotypes can include positive traits, they most often consist of negative ones that are then used to justify discrimination against membe ...
... associated with the development of stereotypes—oversimplified conceptions that people who occupy the same status group share certain traits in common. Although stereotypes can include positive traits, they most often consist of negative ones that are then used to justify discrimination against membe ...
GEOGRAPHIES OF GENDER: FEMINISM AND MASCULINITIES
... support the views of an outspoken fundamentalist with zero tolerance for opposing views and other religions. And there are still others who mistakenly assume that to be a feminist requires one to be female. Again, this is simply not the case. Cultural ideas and practices—like any system of belief—ma ...
... support the views of an outspoken fundamentalist with zero tolerance for opposing views and other religions. And there are still others who mistakenly assume that to be a feminist requires one to be female. Again, this is simply not the case. Cultural ideas and practices—like any system of belief—ma ...
Beyond an Epistemology of Bread, Butter, Culture and Power
... theory originated in the West, where men and women are conceived oppositionally and projected as embodied, genetically driven social categories...On what basis are Western conceptual categories exportable or transferable to other cultures that have a different cultural logic? This question is raised ...
... theory originated in the West, where men and women are conceived oppositionally and projected as embodied, genetically driven social categories...On what basis are Western conceptual categories exportable or transferable to other cultures that have a different cultural logic? This question is raised ...
Overcoming Patriarchal Constraints: The Reconstruction of Gender
... in its explication of why this arises. Accordingto the acculturationperspective, changes in conjugal roles in ethnic families derive from the influence of modernculturalvalues, not structuralarrangements.Research,however, shows thatLatinofamilies may adoptincreasinglyegalitariangenderbehavior while ...
... in its explication of why this arises. Accordingto the acculturationperspective, changes in conjugal roles in ethnic families derive from the influence of modernculturalvalues, not structuralarrangements.Research,however, shows thatLatinofamilies may adoptincreasinglyegalitariangenderbehavior while ...
Feminism
... and men should be treated in exactly the same way, or whether differences should be taken into account when deciding benefits. Furthermore, the question of difference does not just occur in relation to the difference between men and women, but also between women themselves. An assumption among some ...
... and men should be treated in exactly the same way, or whether differences should be taken into account when deciding benefits. Furthermore, the question of difference does not just occur in relation to the difference between men and women, but also between women themselves. An assumption among some ...
From Women and Technology to Gendered
... While women’s bodies and sexuality were the focus of radical feminism, socialist feminism concentrated on the machinery of production. It was widely believed that microelectronic technology would have a negative impact on women’s work, and this led to a pronounced anti-technology stance. There were ...
... While women’s bodies and sexuality were the focus of radical feminism, socialist feminism concentrated on the machinery of production. It was widely believed that microelectronic technology would have a negative impact on women’s work, and this led to a pronounced anti-technology stance. There were ...
“You`ve come a long way, baby:” the Evolution of
... mockery, and other forms of unseriousness.”7 Advertising therefore distorts everything that its subject does: it functions as a parasite on existing forms, signs, and cultural messages, giving them the new value desired by the viewer. The easier the ‘hyper-ritualisation’ of given content, the greate ...
... mockery, and other forms of unseriousness.”7 Advertising therefore distorts everything that its subject does: it functions as a parasite on existing forms, signs, and cultural messages, giving them the new value desired by the viewer. The easier the ‘hyper-ritualisation’ of given content, the greate ...
Gender Role Identity and Attitudes Toward Feminism
... Concern about question order effects led us to construct two versions of the instrument that varied the order of the SIS and the PAQ. Analysis revealed no statistical differences between respondents who answered the SIS prior to the PAQ and those who answered the SIS after the PAQ. This reduces conc ...
... Concern about question order effects led us to construct two versions of the instrument that varied the order of the SIS and the PAQ. Analysis revealed no statistical differences between respondents who answered the SIS prior to the PAQ and those who answered the SIS after the PAQ. This reduces conc ...
Power, Privilege, and Oppression
... Prejudice = An attitude based on limited information, often stereotypes. Usually, but not always, negative. Positive and negative prejudices alike, especially when directed toward oppressed people, are damaging because they deny the individuality of the person. No one is free of prejudice. Examples ...
... Prejudice = An attitude based on limited information, often stereotypes. Usually, but not always, negative. Positive and negative prejudices alike, especially when directed toward oppressed people, are damaging because they deny the individuality of the person. No one is free of prejudice. Examples ...
gender and families: feminist perspectives and family research
... been conducted outside a feminist perspective becomes suspect, given the understanding that knowledge is a product of the producer and that values about what to study and how have been determined by those in positions of power, that is, predominantly by men (Lemert, 1999; Wood, 1995). Moreover, the ...
... been conducted outside a feminist perspective becomes suspect, given the understanding that knowledge is a product of the producer and that values about what to study and how have been determined by those in positions of power, that is, predominantly by men (Lemert, 1999; Wood, 1995). Moreover, the ...
Cynthia Enloe Student Roundtable
... important to include militarism in discussions of human rights through the lens of “feminist curiosity.” It is a method of learning to complicate what is “natural” or “traditional” in terms of patriarchy so that knowledge can be parlayed into understanding how to challenge those concepts of “natural ...
... important to include militarism in discussions of human rights through the lens of “feminist curiosity.” It is a method of learning to complicate what is “natural” or “traditional” in terms of patriarchy so that knowledge can be parlayed into understanding how to challenge those concepts of “natural ...
Women, Justice and Law
... the category ‘woman’ to expose and rectify the male bias of legal concepts; to give expression to lived experiences and shared views of sections of communities silenced until now; to devise appropriate political strategies to transform the legal and social systems and create a genuinely non-oppressi ...
... the category ‘woman’ to expose and rectify the male bias of legal concepts; to give expression to lived experiences and shared views of sections of communities silenced until now; to devise appropriate political strategies to transform the legal and social systems and create a genuinely non-oppressi ...
Situating Cyberfeminisms
... electronic technologies would offer women a fresh start to create new languages, programs, platforms, images, fluid identities and multi-subject definitions in cyberspace; that in fact women could recode, redesign, and reprogram information technology to help change the feminine condition. This is r ...
... electronic technologies would offer women a fresh start to create new languages, programs, platforms, images, fluid identities and multi-subject definitions in cyberspace; that in fact women could recode, redesign, and reprogram information technology to help change the feminine condition. This is r ...
Same Plight, Different Struggle: A Comparison of Female
... safe haven for her to hide from the dangers of the world beyond her own control. Madness was the only way out for her to release the long-suppressed female desires in face of the nightmarish discrepancy between her dream and reality. The narrator of “The Yellow Wallpaper”, on the other hand, chose t ...
... safe haven for her to hide from the dangers of the world beyond her own control. Madness was the only way out for her to release the long-suppressed female desires in face of the nightmarish discrepancy between her dream and reality. The narrator of “The Yellow Wallpaper”, on the other hand, chose t ...
Feminist school of criminology
... [edit] The history of male stereotypes Critique has been the essential tool for the production of feminist, not simply anti-sexist, theory. Victorian America viewed women in accordance with inflexible ideals of femininity, and the male-dominated criminal courts were inhibited by notions of chivalry ...
... [edit] The history of male stereotypes Critique has been the essential tool for the production of feminist, not simply anti-sexist, theory. Victorian America viewed women in accordance with inflexible ideals of femininity, and the male-dominated criminal courts were inhibited by notions of chivalry ...
Chapter 12 - SAGE edge
... There are various feminist perspectives. The first perspective discusses the traditional or conservative perspective. Daly and Chesney-Lind highlighted key features of this perspective. They maintained the causes of gender inequality are due to biological sex differences. Additionally, the identifie ...
... There are various feminist perspectives. The first perspective discusses the traditional or conservative perspective. Daly and Chesney-Lind highlighted key features of this perspective. They maintained the causes of gender inequality are due to biological sex differences. Additionally, the identifie ...
women`s - Peace and conflict studies
... What different problems do we see? Men’s capacity for resistance is decreased Women are excluded from decision-making or positions of authority Post-conflict insecurity impacts people differently Gender-based violence increases HIV/AIDS may spread ...
... What different problems do we see? Men’s capacity for resistance is decreased Women are excluded from decision-making or positions of authority Post-conflict insecurity impacts people differently Gender-based violence increases HIV/AIDS may spread ...
Full Paper - Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (AJSSH)
... the ideology behind colonization and imperialism owes a lot to the Western religious heritage especially Christianity. In the contemporary milieu, where colonialism finds an archly critical reception, many critics like Hillary M. Carey, John P. Burris and David Chidester have examined the multifario ...
... the ideology behind colonization and imperialism owes a lot to the Western religious heritage especially Christianity. In the contemporary milieu, where colonialism finds an archly critical reception, many critics like Hillary M. Carey, John P. Burris and David Chidester have examined the multifario ...
1 CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK This chapter presents
... said the language system is fixed and encoded solely in men’s interests. However, Mills argued that it is still unclear that language is a system even though it is kept changing and consisted of stereotypical beliefs about women. Moreover, other theorist claimed that if the social position of women ...
... said the language system is fixed and encoded solely in men’s interests. However, Mills argued that it is still unclear that language is a system even though it is kept changing and consisted of stereotypical beliefs about women. Moreover, other theorist claimed that if the social position of women ...
Millennialism as afeminism - Center for Millennial Studies
... whose adherents present a stark contrast to the rest of the world epistemologically, axiologically, and ontologically when it came to gender. Thus, the first step in engendering the millennialism of contemporary Christian fundamentalists is to ascertain why people are attracted to fundamentalism in ...
... whose adherents present a stark contrast to the rest of the world epistemologically, axiologically, and ontologically when it came to gender. Thus, the first step in engendering the millennialism of contemporary Christian fundamentalists is to ascertain why people are attracted to fundamentalism in ...
Unit 6-Section B
... Cinderella is shaped by her society. Her culture has all too often presented her with stereotypes, which she and many others like her have blindly accepted. Women at that time are often oppressed and belittled. If, however, women will only bear with patience their lot in life, be good-natured and me ...
... Cinderella is shaped by her society. Her culture has all too often presented her with stereotypes, which she and many others like her have blindly accepted. Women at that time are often oppressed and belittled. If, however, women will only bear with patience their lot in life, be good-natured and me ...