... notion of shared experience and identity are now invariably greeted with philosophical suspicion. Its is this I will look at in my essay drawing research from Judith Butler's fascinating book "Gender Trouble". Twentieth century feminism and post-modern thought has consistently opposed biological determinism, which is the view that shared biological features among a certain group lead inevitably to certain social ... is performatively constituted by the very "expressions" that are said to be its results.' (Butler, Gender Trouble, p. 25). Butler believes that gender is an effect of power a...

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... agency of perpetrators and victims pervades Uberal and radical feminist approaches to rape. This paradigm, which I call the victim/perpetrator framework, incorporates several key assumptions: first, that the rape perpetrator acts freely and deliberately to harm; second, that the rape victim is passive and in no way participates in or contributes to the actions of the perpetrator; and, third, that in ... the harm of rape, which is always serious. In this way, feminist theories of rape have largely failed to acknowledge that power can operate in multiple and complex ways, that gender is p...

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... Results The foundation of democracy is the idea of equality, in accordance with which all citizens have equal opportunities, including participation in the political processes, regardless of any characteristic, including gender. However, without the required economic and social conditions, women are not in a position to actively participate in politics. Social vulnerability is, to a certain extent, the cause of political ... period transforming from the previous "Soviet-command style economy" towards one that of market-based institutions. The transition is affecting men and women diffe...

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... environment and future needs, especially in the face of globalization and an increasingly competitive economic climate. Some reforms highlighted through the National Policy on Women 2009 is the enculturation of gender equality includes the Executive, legislative and judicial. It is also a drastic step to increase the number of women at the decision-making and encourage synergies of various sectors to ... Women's Affairs (HAWA) was established to monitor and assess the services provided by the public sector and the private sector for the benefit of women. In addition, the HAWA also acts a...

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... Deem 1981 cited in Richardson and Robinson 1993) This attitude was apparent until the 1960s and 1970s when the emergence of many groups concerned with civil liberties pushed for various Acts to be passed i.e. Equal Pay Act 1970, Sex Discrimination Act 1975 in order to dispel the issues concerning inequality for women. But how far has it been successful? ... For example, physics books have represented women pushing prams, girls blowing bubbles, cooking, as nurses or patients. Yet their male counterparts are portrayed as having adventures or "action men."(Gender Roles 2001) Reading schemes...

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... prone, which means "whore," and graphing, which means, "to write." So, literally, pornography translates to "the writings of harlots" or "depictions of acts of prostitutes." The broad field of pornography is divided into two fields, hard-core and soft core. The difference between the two is that in hard- ... core porn, "genital manipulation and penetration are visible" (Media and Gender Monitor). Hard-core pornography can only be bought in specialty, "adult only" stores. Other ways that this can be seen is through pay- ... of soft-core pornography. These movies often show nudity and sexua...

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... violence they would be better off alone. Fran Ansley, a Marxist feminist, like Parsons, believes that the emotional support provided by the wife acts as a safety valve for the frustration produced in the husband by working in the capitalist system. ANATOMY IS DESTINY Feminists stress that anatomy is ... not destiny. In particular is Anne Oakley who presents evidence that gender roles are culturally, not biologically, determined. As children we are placed into roles, which are acceptable to society, this idea is supported ... . The liberal feminist, Sharpe, discusses the significance of ...

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... able to interpret postcolonial texts. Katrak lists other traps and threats as well, e. g. the questioning of the canon, the approriation of postcolonial texts, the false interpretations of the texts as "acts of language". These all result in asserting unconsciously an intellectual and political domination and in this power structure - though theorists oppose the very idea - the Western culture is the dominant ... a coherent group whose interests and desires are the same and they constitute a homogeneous group despite their differences in class and race. This leads to the implication tha...

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... and their confinement to the domestic sphere have been analyzed and denounced in academic studies. Most people want to build a new society where gender is not the central factor discriminating between individuals, who should be free to choose the life styles that suit them. Men have, ... feminist theories," it is important to acknowledge what is known about our research question. Feminist theories have focused much of their attention on structured gender inequality on a societal level. This automatically disadvantages women in terms of their economic status, educational level, and legal...

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... and their confinement to the domestic sphere have been analyzed and denounced in academic studies. Most people want to build a new society where gender is not the central factor discriminating between individuals, who should be free to choose the life styles that suit them. Men have, ... feminist theories," it is important to acknowledge what is known about our research question. Feminist theories have focused much of their attention on structured gender inequality on a societal level. This automatically disadvantages women in terms of their economic status, educational level, and legal...

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... husbands and do not want to come off as unappreciative towards them. Along with an appreciation many women feel towards chivalrous acts of men, such as opening doors or aiding a woman in a time of distress, some feminists believe that these acts fall into a category called benevolent sexism. Benevolent Sexism is defined by Forbes as "attitudes that view women and men in ... .", "I am not a weak minded person.", "Cooking for my husband is not oppression, etc." While many believe that the women involved in the movement are going against gender equality, the women in the movement say "they ...

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Overall, the rights and status of women have improved considerably in the last century; however, gender equality has recently been threatened within the last decade. Blatantly sexist laws and practices are slowly being eliminated while social perceptions of "women's roles" continue to stagnate and even degrade ... as men. No one can truly be equal in a society when only the "extraordinary achievers- are allowed to succeed out of their expected social role. Often blatant violence or unfair acts against a group or people will cause that group to pull together and empower themselves against the...

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... women are usually the victims. However as previously stated 4% of men in the UK were subjected to domestic violence in 2012/13. (House of commons 2014) It is evident that gender differences exist when it comes to reporting domestic abuse, the department of justice (DOJ) statistics reveal that 11% of men are less likely than women to report any act of ... 1990s we began to see a positive movement in equal rights that set about to tackle the problems of inequality head on. As stated by Parliament UK there were several divorce acts introduced starting in 1923 introducing grounds for divorc...

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... explores a realistic scope of human emotion both in the lives of men and women. Her movies Hard, Fast and Beautiful and The Bigamist are no exceptions. Rather than focusing on gender issues, Lupino chooses to investigate the delicate balance that common people walk between decent and outrageous morals. As a female director in an otherwise male-dominated 1950s Hollywood, perhaps Lupino's most ... have given her body of work a closer look. A large focus in Hard, Fast, and Beautiful is placed on the character Millie, who is arguably the film's antagonist because she constantly acts against...

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... as divinity. Clearly, any cultural critique can go too far. One of the main roles of the scriptures is to preserve God's truth and moral principles so that this Word acts as a touchstone for us to critique human behavior and thought in any time or culture. It cannot do so if the scripture is only a product of its surrounding culture " ... now seen, in these passages about women, it was Paul's prime concern to keep order and accommodation of God's ideals to humans and culture, not the oppression of women as a gender and class. He made concessions to cultural restrictions on women so ...

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