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    Feminist Theory? Machismo is the feeling of strong or aggressive masculine pride. There are many misconceptions to feminist philosophy. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye the main protagonist has different relationships with women and acts differently toward each woman based on how he feels about them. In this essay I will be discussing the different relationships Holden experiences with Phoebe, Jane, Sunny, and Sally and how J.D. Salinger shows only the horrible qualities each of these women

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    Alonia Lewis Prof Barnes Feminism Final Exam May 4, 2016 In feminist theory there are two ways to study and research epistemology. There is the Essentialist (standpoint) theory and there is the Social constructivist (post structuralist). The essentialist epistemology is to view certain roles as being the way they are because that is the way that nature has intended it to be. While the post structuralist standpoint is viewing knowledge as if it is all man made. It is to say that everything is

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    interaction of feminist theories and international human rights discourses as detailed in UN documents. The UN has advanced women’s rights by introducing a new human rights discourse, and by offering a place for interaction among women from different parts of the world. Women have used these opportunities from the UN to push several different feminist theoretical frameworks. The author examines the interaction of these various feminist. theories. She is drawing attention to the gap between theory and praxis

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    Madness: Ways to Properly Form Feminist Theories Feminist research centralizes around a search for gendered justice. As a rejection of standard masculine methodological models, with their assumed objectivity and detachment, feminist approaches have been designed to recognize the subjects of research as well as the place of the researcher in the production of knowledge. In order to best account for gendered justice across a multitude of intersectional women, feminists require methodologies to ensure

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    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. Feminist theory aims to understand the nature of gender inequality and focuses on gender politics, power relations and sexuality. Feminist political activism campaigns on issues such as reproductive

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    problem in today’s society. Therefore, society still judges and give stereotypical characteristics and behaviors to woman. According to the text, “Literary and Cultural Theory” by Donald Hall, the purpose of feminism is “to reveal, analyze, and redress the situations in which women’s equality with men is denied” (200). For example, feminist analysis is being able to recognize the different degrees of social power that are given to and used by men and women (Halls 199). While cultural feminism is one of

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    that of suppression of the female voice and its inevitable explosion of expression (Uychoco, 2012). The goal of this application paper is to provide an analysis of Tita de la Garza role in the novel and movie through the application of the Feminist and Reality Theory. Like Water for Chocolate Application Paper Like Water for Chocolate can be broken into the stories of two women, Tita De La Garza and her mother, Mama Elena. The trajectory of their struggle against one another sets the tone in both the

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    Late Arrival of Feminist Approaches to the Study of International Relations Theory In this essay, I will be attempting to explain the relatively late arrival of feminist approaches to the study of international relations theory. In addition I will be answering the question of what can be learnt from feminist theories. I believe that there is a lot to be learnt from feminist theories because in international relations, I have not come across another theory which has covered

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    emotional and physical abuse. My paper will provide an analysis of domestic abuse experienced by Tess based on gender relations and feminist theories. Feminist Theories and Domestic Violence Feminist theory is a body of literary, philosophical, and sociological analysis that explores the inequality that exists between men and women in societies around the world. Feminist theory consists of various subcategories that explain gender inequality through differing causal factors. All of the varied subcategories

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    Representing Ophelia: Women, Madness, and the Responsibilities of Feminist Criticism Elaine Showalter Though she is neglected in criticism, Ophelia is probably the most frequently illustrated and cited of Shakespeare’s heroines. Her visibility as a subject in literature, popular culture, and painting, from Redon who paints her drowning, to Bob Dylan, who places her on Desolation Row, to Cannon Mills, which has named a flowery sheet pattern after her, is in inverse relation to her invisibility in

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