Differences Between Relativist And Feminism

This essay will outline the position of feminists and cultural relativists and demonstrate the similarities between them, namely the common ground of human rights discourse. It is my contention that both can work together to make inclusive changes to the way they interpret and understand the human rights violations of women and work to assure the protection of women’s human rights. This essay will suggest that there is enough common ground between these two approaches to provide a solid foundation where feminists and cultural relativists can combine their insights to create a more inclusive, adaptable critique of the mainstream international human rights discourse. Working together, they can have a greater impact on international human rights discourse and the actualization of the human rights of

Women are humans, humans with emotions and the need for self expression. The men, throughout history, have degraded the female sex, they have always seen women as objects and a machine that helps reproduce and carry on their blood. Society formed the ‘perfect’ role for women and it was expected that they follow it. They were expected to be the loving, responsible, obedient, stay at home wives. Due to such an inequitable lifestyle given to women, they decided to fight for equality and defend their gender. They will later be known as feminists. According to Literary and Cultural Theory by Donald Hall, feminists focal point is to investigate the various ways women have been limited to social power and the liberty to self

When it comes to Human Rights, there are many different views and approaches. There are many different theorists and concepts behind Human Rights. It is a very important topic as it does deal with everyone’s rights within society. There are many differnent perspectives when it comes to Human Rights but there are two in which are both opposing to each other and will be discussed. There is communitarianism and cosmopolitanism that both explain their position on human rights. Many theorists will either side with one view or another as they are opposites and makes it difficult to agree with both. The "Handbook of Human Rights" edited by Thomas Cushman explains the communitarian perspective through Amitai Etzioni, and the cosmopolitanism perspective through Robert Fine.

Inequality between the sexes is evident. Throughout history, many events took place with the aim to expand women’s rights. These events, as well as the ideologies involving inequality, create the feminist movements. In retrospect, many rights have been granted for women since the rise of the notion of gender imbalance. However—many issues involving the advocacy for women’s rights and the thinking behind it still exist today.

On the subject of feminism, there must be broader look at the unique circumstances that people have encountered throughout their lives and how each of them deals with such matters. According to the authors, a transnational feminist analysis requires intersectionality between race and gender. A call to action will be to form of new perspective on the issues that surround women and specially women of color. Instead of focusing on analyzing feminism through a western lens, such as global sisterhood, feminism should ensure the integration of all the aspects of women in different regions of the world. This sisterhood then leads to the concern of basing the western experience upon non-western people and it creates more internalized stereotypes.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze to main questions. The first part of the paper will define transnational feminism and identify key factors within a transnational perspective. Another part will be discussing some transnational feminist critiques of mainstream “white/Western” feminism and will also give ideas that a transnational feminist would suggest in order to make positive changes for women. The second part of the paper will choose two concepts to define, as well as discuss how they relate to one another from a transnational perspective. In addition, the relation of how they related to gender or affect the political, social, and/or economic status of women in the world will be analyzed.

In the first reading, “Women’s Studies and Transnational Feminism,” the author discusses how beneficial it would be to have a global perspective from women all around the world and their personal stories. It would bring greater change if women’s stories weren’t only heard mainly from the U.S, but rather told by international women about their experience with oppression and way of living. According to the author the viewpoint of all the women globally is described as “transnational”, a way of challenging current basic understandings of supposed everyday women (specifically western women) and fighting to reconstruct this system to become an advantage to other women around the world. Rather than focusing on “global feminism” which doesn’t

Most of the issues in Jaggar’s article stem from the style of her writing rather than the actual content in the article. Although she does contradict herself a few times, which will be discussed later in the paper, for the most part she does back up each of her claims with enough evidence. She does clearly state her four driving theses in her article. They are as follows: the first, “injustice by culture” the second, “autonomy of culture,” the

All of mankind needs to take into account the great importance of feminism and how patriarchal oppression has impacted women's behavior, feelings, and status. According to The Feminist Perspective, “Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality, and examines women's social roles, experiences, and interests.” The patriarchal oppression of women has been profound and in consequence it has impacted women’s ability to express themselves and their daily lives in many ways. In the chapter on “Feminist Analysis” found in Literary and Cultural Theory by Donald Hall, he observes the diverse ideology of feminist theory. He implies, “Key to all methodologies

In the ancient world, little efforts were made to protect the rights of women in the society. In most societies, the nature and capabilities of women were disregarded. Women were not accorded the right to own property, right to vote, access to higher education and suffrage. These are some of the fundamental rights enjoyed by men in the society. In a bid to advocate and campaign for these rights, feminism was born. By definition, feminism is social and political movements which unified women around a number of issues which affected them. Spearheaded by feminists, these movements campaigned for women’s rights highlighted above among others. They have worked towards promoting historical changes for women’s rights and their autonomy as well

Feminism and feminist social theory unlike other theoretical perspectives is woman-centered and inter-disciplinary, hence promotes methods of achieving social justice. The feminism and feminist social theory takes into consideration three questions, what of the women? Why is the present social world as it is today? Additionally, how can the social world be changed to make it more just for the women and all people alike? In recent developments, feminist theorists have begun questioning the differences between women. The areas under question include race, ethnicity, class, age intersect, and gender. In summation, the feminist theory involves the concern with giving women world over voice, and highlighting how they have contributed to the

Human rights which include the right to life and liberty as well as freedom that belong to all human beings inherently despite of their statuses without discrimination (United Nations, 1948). Among issues of human rights, women’s rights could be one of the most serious ones. In the 1990s, women’s rights were not generally accepted as human rights and suffered various violations (Bunch, 1990). Despite women’s rights have been improved so far in most regions that female have almost equal employment opportunities and enhanced status in society, the issues of female rights need to be considered because they still have inferior positions compared with men in workplace and society due to a lot of factors.

The doctrine of human rights were created to protect every single human regardless of race, gender, sex, nationality, sexual orientation and other differences. It is based on human dignity and the belief that no one has the right to take this away from another human being. The doctrine states that every ‘man’ has inalienable rights of equality, but is this true? Are human rights universal? Whether human rights are universal has been debated for decades. There have been individuals and even countries that oppose the idea that human rights are for everybody. This argument shall be investigated in this essay, by: exploring definitions and history on human rights, debating on whether it is universal while providing examples and background

The global idea of feminism refers to the belief that men and women deserve equality in all opportunities, treatment, respect, and social rights. In general, feminists are people who try to acknowledge social inequality based on gender and stop it from continuing. Feminists focus on the fact that in most cultures throughout history men have received more opportunities than women. While the simplified, overall goal of feminism is for the equality of sexes, the tactics and specific goals vary between the different variations of the feminist movements. There are, in fact, many different types of feminism, while, according to lecture, the main three are Liberal Feminism,

The United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights stands as the current gold standard for every individual’s rights. Focusing on culture, one may see that cultural rights are not clearly defined and are oftentimes in conflict with other types of rights. In this paper, I will first discuss the United Nations’ use of ‘cultural’ in its universal human rights in relation to the concept of cultural relativism. Then, using South African and American practices, such as virginity testing and discriminatory criminal justice system respectively, I will describe and analyze practices violate the UN’s universal human rights in addition to the practices’ use for the community or society as a whole. Lastly, I will compare the American Anthropological Association’s rights to culture to the UN’s universal human rights by analyzing the limitations of each.