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    Chapter 13 of Feminism is for Everybody, Hooks discusses the focus of feminist upbringing of children. Feminist parenting originally was more focused on girls as women believed that since boys had it easier since birth than girls it was not necessary for focus to be placed on the boys. This in reality was placing focus on a small area of the problem because the problem was not the men or boys rather it was the patriarchal system that both father and even mother would teach their children. Mother

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    Feminism, Misandry, Sexism and Patriarchy The word ‘feminist ‘ to me means a person, not generally a woman, who fights for women and their rights, it means that a person wants equality for both men and women Feminism started out as a movement which helped women gain rights. It was a social, political movement and it helped women win the right to vote, and so it helped to decrease the wage gap at work, it helped women take maternity leave from work. Feminism helped women gain rights to work as

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    My view on Feminism Betty I totally agree that Kate Chopin was a feminist author. Kate, Chopin is one of America’s most important women writers of 19th century. In 19th century, there were strict restrictions on women in law, religion and tradition, especially women’s right. They couldn’t vote, couldn’t make their voices heard by the public. What’s more, more work refused to hire female staff, the majority of women

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    instructive and proficient open doors for ladies that are equivalent to such open doors for men. Liberal Feminism-: Feminists make progress toward sexual uniformity by means of sensible political and lawful change. Liberal woman's rights is a type of women's liberation that contends that balance for ladies can be accomplished through lawful means and social change. This is the assortment of

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    1.2 The Common Denominator of Security and Feminism Feminism is more than an intellectual enterprise, refers to the area where theory and practice meet, it is about the struggles of the women`s movement and the theory that flows from their experiences, about women`s security understanding that transform our understanding of men`s security. The link between feminism and security points out that understanding security issues needs an enlargement to include specific security concerns and beliefs of

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    Feminism is simply a sociological theory, which states that men and women are equal. Feminism is mainly concerned with giving rights to women by highlighting the numerous ways in which women have rendered to society. Feminist theorists believe in the social, political, and economic equality of genders and believe that each has his own rights as well as duties. They strive to give the oppressed women their full rights that are being taken every day. History of Feminism Feminism first started in

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    Feminism has always been a highly feuded topic. The fight for equal rights began with the vote, and then went on to challenge systematic sexism women face in everyday life, and due to this many authors have set out to tackle this complicated, controversial topic. However, there were some that wrote about feminist issues without realizing it, such as Henrik Ibsen. In his play ‘A Doll’s House’ Henrik approaches the topic of marriage, gender roles within marriage, and whether a not a women becomes an

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    In the mid- to late-1900s, a hegemonic feminism dominated by white, middle class women was prevalent in many feminist movements. However, lesbians, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and black/ African Americans were all necessary to the progression of feminism. The 1970s attested to women of color working with white-dominated feminist groups; forming women’s caucuses in existing mixed-gender organizations; and developing autonomous Black, Latina, and Native American feminist organizations

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    Feminism is often seen as a negative word towards women, but it actually represents the gender inequality for both men and women. In 2014, Emma Watson, a twenty-four-year-old British actress, and the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador co-hosted a special event for the UN Women’s HeForShe campaign. Before Watson was a UN Women’s Ambassador, she was known as a strong activist for women’s rights. The importance of the HeForShe campaign, which is a united movement, to spread and inform the gender equality

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    Black Feminism Black Feminism argues that sexism, class oppression and racism are linked together. Mainstream feminism that more than often benefits white women, strives to overcome class and gender oppression, however they do not recognise that race can discriminate against women also. Activist, Alice Walker states that black women experience a different kind of oppression when compared to their white counterparts. Professor of Sociology and social activist, Patricia Hill Collins summarises that

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