... has traditionally been male-dominated research. It has also adopted qualitative methodologies, such as detailed interviews and case studies, in order to obtain stronger awareness of the forms of female victimisation which have been largely ignored by mainstream (malestream) ideologies. For example, feminist victimology research has shown that females are more likely to be the victims of certain ... have been discovered had it not been for the use of qualitative methodologies. (Walklate, 2008) Feminist victimology has also offered an explanation of the relationship between masculine power...

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Although intellectuals and activists existed advocating the intelligence, dignity, and intrinsic potential of the female sex during the Enlightenment and epochs prior, true advancements in the acquisition of rights only began to occur as the dawn of the twentieth century broke when impassioned women initiated a ... Convention, the following radical wave that emerged post-war in the 1960s had much further leftist ideology and had central focuses on female sexuality and reproductive rights as well as discrimination and female roles within the family and workplace. The female archetype or "cult...

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... that there is no basis for a biological account of gender difference since gender identity can only refer to the psychological sense of being male or female. Gender is now understood as a social category (Frable, 1997) and so liberal feminism was correct to deny that nature requires rigidly separate and unequal ... in the occupational field became subordinate to challenging the social and cultural order (Sarup, 1993). Asserting that a female identity and subjectivity could only be defined without reference to the patriarchal framework, many radical feminists looked for ways to identify a...

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... to the late sixties and early seventies. From the seventies change began when patriarchy was challenged by women's movements and individuals such as Germaine Greer. In 1971, Greer's book The Female Unich focused on women's issues and rights helping women to challenge many of the patriarchal views long held by Australian society. Many women began to campaign for equality and the ... would see this text as a good foundation for a marriage with its clearly defined roles for men and women, a blue print for a successful marriage. In conclusion, the contemporary, reader male or female of this...

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... the late nineteenth century as a political concept. These ideas were highly contested as academic subjects, such that women's studies initially developed outside conventional undergraduate courses, in extramural departments for mature female students, being a part of lifelong learning. As far as more females for involved in the fields of sociology, science and education as a result there had been developed feminist theories, methodologies ... ...

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... independent states of the former Soviet Union. This restriction on women's reproductive freedom may be understood in the broader context of patriarchal control of women by the "maternalization of the female body". And this might result in the primary association of women's identities and purposes with motherhood. In liberal discourse, a corresponding dualism between women and men justifies the attribution of different ... ...

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