Essay On Feminism 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

Ethnocentrism according to The Essence of Anthropology is “a way of viewing other cultures in relation to one’s own in the belief that the familiar sets a universal standard of what is proper or correct”. Throughout Cultural Relativism and Universal Rights the author Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban expresses her thoughts on what anthropologist can do to protect human rights within the cultures they study without considering ethnocentrism, holistic perspectives, and being culture-bound. Overall Fluehr-Lobban does not do a good job at expressing her ideas on how anthropologist can help protect human rights and I found myself not agreeing with her statements.

The definition of feminism is very elusive. Maybe because of its ever-changing historical meaning, it’s not for certain whether there is any coherence to the term feminism or if there is a definition that will live up to the movement’s variety of adherents and ideas. In the book “No Turning Back,” author Estelle Freedman gives an accurate four-part definition of the very active movement: “Feminism is a belief that women and men are inherently part of equal worth. Because most societies privilege men as a group, social movements are necessary to achieve equality between women and men, with the understanding that gender always intersects with other social hierarchies” (Freedman 7).

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.

Feminism is a body of social theory and political movement primarily based on and motivated by the experiences of women. While generally providing a critique of social relations, many proponents of feminism also focus on analyzing gender inequality and the promotion of women's rights, interests, and issues.

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

The Feminist Movement in History I interviewed my mother for the Oral History project. I did not know the extent of her involvement with the feminist movement nor did I know if she had even strong feelings about the issues involved. However I thought given her age she made her a rather ideal narrator for the period of second wave feminism whether or not she was deeply involved.

This chapter is dedicated to making sense of argumentation. With that said, the most intriguing portion of this chapter was the section that deals with feminisms within argumentation. It is brought to the reader’s attention that the word feminisms is plural for a reason, meaning that there is more than one feminism that deserves to be addressed. To be more specific, the three areas that feminisms cover are discussed in this chapter. First, the feminist approach critiques what would be considered traditional methods of communication. This concept really caused me to think about the gender roles that our society places on people with communication. Second, feminist theory suggests that we as humans communicate, and process argumentation, differently

The textbook states that feminist ethics is "an approach to morality aimed at advancing women's interests and correcting injustices inflicted on women through social oppression and inequality" (46). I believe a strong trait to this, but also a drawback to this ethic is how feminism can be interpreted and what social injustices people fight for. As shown in the thread above many women have different interpretations of what is right for women as a whole. There can be left-sided feminism, but also there is right-sided feminism (not trying to say either is a bigger feminist than the other). Having different interpretations of feminism is a positive I believe because it challenges others to think deeper about their beliefs

"People who are liberal thinkers have been enslaved by these poseurs, these racketeers, people who are pretending to be liberal but who are in fact just naïve politically. I have been congratulated by women...who are so sick of being bullied by these sanctimonious puritans who call themselves feminists." --Camille Paglia

This journal article is explaining about the different views in the critiques in the International Human Rights. The writer of this article attempts to explain to the readers to differentiate the understanding of the point of views of two sides, cultural relativist and feminist. Cultural relativist and feminist are actually quite similar but in the way of understanding they have a few differences. The critiques of both cultural relativist and feminist can be said that they are the same however a misunderstanding will may be occurred that can change the perspectives. The writer in the beginning

The article, “Cultural Relativist and Feminist Critiques of International Human Rights – Friends or Foes?” by Oonagh Reitman seeks to address how cultural relativist and feminist sees the existence of the international human rights, specifically women’s human rights. The research problem being addressed is the similarities between these two critiques of international human rights and how these two critiques have come to defy one another when it comes to the term of women’s international human rights.

This journal article is explaining about the different views in the critiques in the International Human Rights. The writer of this article attempts to explain to the readers to differentiate the understanding of the point of views of two sides, cultural relativist and feminist. Cultural relativist and feminist are actually quite similar but in the way of understanding they have a few differences. The critiques of both cultural relativist and feminist can be said that they are the same however a misunderstanding will may be occurred that can change the perspectives. The writer in the beginning has explained the international human rights critique basic theory. On the side of cultural relativist, they argue that the universal human rights that is gotten ‘by virtue of being human’ (Donnelly in Reitman 1997, p. 100) is not sensitive to the cultural diversity. They reject the basic theory and they rather believe that the diverse cultures are the source of human rights. On the other hand, on the side of feminist, they rather believe that in the real life the one who holds the human rights are not women but men, and ‘that gender equality, and freedom from discrimination for women, is given a low

Oonagh Reitman wrote the journal with title “Cultural Relativist and Feminist Critiques of International Human Rights - Friends or Foes?” in order to arouse conference discussion regarding the similarities and opposition between critiques of human rights by cultural relativist and feminist. Cultural relativist critiques the claim that human rights are universal and can be applied to everyone anywhere in the world. They critique that, human rights are those held simply by virtue of being human and whose substance, form and interpretation are not subject to variations in culture (Donnelly, 1989: 109-110). Cultural relativist declines this claim, confronts that the source of human rights is culture, and since culture is vary, so is human rights.

Over the past few centuries, human rights have evolved all around the world. The main purpose of human rights are to protect people and promote happiness. At one point in history women did not work outside of the home or even have the right to vote. This day in age, women have more rights, but society still finds ways to discriminate against them and limit their rights. In third world countries women are also treated as inferior because of their appearance, race, and