The novel, Jane Eyre, describes the transformation from childhood to adulthood of an orphaned girl named Jane. Bertha Mason, is portrayed as the alter ego of the orphaned girl, Jane Eyre. This statement could be interrupted in many ways. One being-for an example- Bertha being a symbol and representation of Jane’s feeling in regard to the situation of her marrying Rochester. Another is some likeliness […]

Introduction The focus of this essay is to explore the eating disorder Anorexia nervosa. Anorexia was chosen for the topic for this essay as it has both a long history in human culture but is still a very current and prevalent issue. The subject of anorexia will be explored using various sociological perspectives. First, the feminist perspective will focus on women’s experiences and explore anorexia […]

Elizabeth Bennet is perhaps the least conventional of Austen’s characters, and certainly does not conform to what her society expected of her in the way of being submissive. Austen herself admitted that ‘pictures of perfection … make me sick and wicked’, and so our lovable protagonist Elizabeth is set apart from the traditional heroine with her independence of mind, and courage to challenge accepted role […]

Today, feminism is more relevant than ever: high-profile events of a global scale and national level reveal black holes in gender issues. Unfortunately, at present, many, speaking of feminism, represent a girl chanting another slogan. However, feminism, as a scientific paradigm, has a solid theoretical foundation that survived one change during its existence. The term “feminist” was first used in the 80s. XIX century., And […]

Paula Gunn asserts in her work “Pushing up the Sky” that tribal life of Native Americans possess an acceptable and dominated element of matriarchy and female- dominance. But she also make it clear that “tribal feminism” present in the tribal life was different to the concept of feminism that surged the modern society since late 1960s. The cotemporary feminist movements consider the tribal society as […]

Today, feminism is more relevant than ever: high-profile events of a global scale and national level reveal black holes in gender issues. Unfortunately, at present, many, speaking of feminism, represent a girl chanting another slogan. However, feminism, as a scientific paradigm, has a solid theoretical foundation that survived one change during its existence. The term “feminist” was first used in the 80s. XIX century., And […]

Feminism is a movement concerned with the advocacy of uplifting the roles and status of women. This struggle of campaigning for women’s rights has started from the nineteenth century up to the present. It takes in various forms of protests and activities, all of which are geared towards the attainment of equal rights for women from different classes. This movement has gone across different borders […]

Feminism is the advocating for social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men (Random House College Dictionary). This story depicts just that. It is about a society made entirely of women with no need for men. We see the perspective of men through the eyes of our narrator. He gives us the point of view from three different men about […]

Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women In 1797. Her tract was based on the enlightenment that she used in many of her arguments. She believed that reason, rationality and virtue lead to a better society. She also believed that reason and education would improve the status of women, and that the improvement of women leads to the improvement of society. Some of […]

Having carried their gender as a burden for years, woman have now grown to have a massive and essential influence in worldwide cinema. Feminist film theory challenges audiences to understand the source of gender inequality. Predominantly a masculine industry, early film have been said to contain the “male gaze,” where the audience is placed in the shoes of a heterosexual male and woman are a […]