Feminist studies scholars

Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild’s collection of writing titled: Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex workers in the New Economy, published in 2002, is a good description of the dirty little secrets that haunt many underprivileged, non-white, Third World women experience. This reading is a rather detailed story of hard working women that are trying to support their families back in their native lands. Domestic servants are nothing new to the world- it’s something that has been passed

illuminating the close link between language and oppression from a feminist perspective. Recording that language is a self-imposing kaleidoscope of productive challenges and assistances that is impossible to bond or repress; she suggests that trying to circumscribe, it according to their interest is precisely what oppressors do with it. Hooks adresses African-Americans’ relationship to the Standard English as a reality more than a mere case study, and illuminating that how their native language, their most

Women are seen powerless in many instances and Marilyn Frye details the accounts where women are viewed as second to men in “To see and Be Seen.” Frye uses a metaphysics approach to better understand how people come to power. She gives a metaphysical understanding of how the world has been determined by people of power, which throughout history has been men. Men have been in authority throughout history and have come up with society’s conceptual schema. Frye alludes to people in power don’t want

Tickner and Sjoberg’s presentation of feminist thought within International Relations scholarship provides a compelling, if somewhat brief, introduction to the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary political science. The two argue that the disciplinary primacy of rationalist, black-box approaches waned as international relations scholars began employing sociology and interpretive methods to their work (DKS, 180-181). From this diversion, feminist theories of international relations were constructed

this era countless social movements emerged, notably so the women’s rights and feminist movements. Tremendous gains were made for women throughout the century’s span, from suffrage, to equal pay, and the availability of contraceptives. One of the most complex feminist movements of the 20th century followed the period’s most tumultuous event: World War II. While under occupation by the United States the Japanese feminist movement flourished and the lives of Japanese women changed dramatically. The

psychoanalytical critical approach. In addition, the study questions, glossary and suggested further reading are included. Authors help to grasp the idea of the psychoanalysis. They show that originally psychoanalysis was not a literary practice, but clinical and therapeutic methodology. However, there always were relationship between this methodology and literature. Authors refer to Felman,

Feminist scholars are concerned with a broad range of issues and topics for discussion. Taking this into consideration, animal studies is a new and edgy field, especially in the context of feminist theory. The general findings of this paper include patriarchal establishments, and speciesism as an institution of oppression influencing and interconnected with sexism. However, this literature review will not explore the connections of animal studies within queer theory due to insufficient research,

woman’s choice in a medicalized birth verses a home birth vary globally. Therefore, this paper will focus on an Inuit case study regarding a law made in the 1970’s for mandatory evacuation of all pregnant women to Canadian hospitals. Although women, medical anthropologists, and feminist scholars are fighting against this control, the mandate remains in effect today. This case study, along with other legal and social influences limiting women’s choice in the birthing process, needs to come to the public’s

woman’s choice in a medicalized birth verses a home birth vary globally. Therefore, this paper will focus on an Inuit case study regarding a law made in the 1970’s for mandatory evacuation of all pregnant women to Canadian hospitals. Although women, medical anthropologists, and feminist scholars are fighting against this control, the mandate remains in effect today. This case study, along with other legal and social influences limiting women’s choice in the birthing process, needs to come to the public’s

Epistemology is a study that seeks to elaborate what knowledge is in the real sense. Riley explains how feminism has been a hindrance to access of standard amenities and knowledge in the society. Females have been oppressed in the various fields terming these career paths as gender-sensitive. Feminism is the ideology and general concept that seeks to deal with equality of those rights given to men and women. Women have been deemed to be of the weaker sex and feminism has gone a long way to negating