I chose the quote above because it showed that women should not use their stereotypical strengths as an argument for equality. It would be like saying those sigma's put on women by non-feminist are all right. Katha Pollitt states that everyone is responsible for " the environment, a more humane workplace, economic justice, social support for children to make the world a better place regardless of who you are. I believe that her beliefs about "difference feminism and women's superiority to men would be a part of making the world a better place, in her eyes. I believe that
It is certain that feminism is a cross-cutting ideology, encompassing the three broad traditions of liberal traditions, socialist feminism and radical feminism, but whether it is today a single doctrine or still simply a sub-set of others can be greatly debated. Feminism can be seen as a single doctrine in that all feminists are concerned to advance the social role of women. Feminists all agree that the advancement of women in society is their main priority, believing that society is characterised by unequal gender power and status, and that gender inequality can be altered or reversed. All feminists believe that in order to advance a woman’s social status, liberation is necessary. Liberation is seen to be achieved through raising women’s consciousness of subjugation.
Whereas the first two authors both preach for equal women’s rights and for better treatment for women this author, Catharine Beecher, is more discreet about woman’s rights. According to Beecher, women should have equal privileges as men in social and civil concerns, but in order to keep these privileges women stay stagnant and hand over the civil and political decisions to men. She suggests this because women throughout their life are taught
Suppose the artist sincerely asserts that it represents the male/female relationship. If you can’t see it, should we say that it symbolizes the male/female relationship all the same, since that’s what’s intended but we just can’t tell? Thus, this demonstrates how anyone can make anything mean anything just by intending some different- surely the author does not have the right to undermine all possible meanings gained from an artwork excluding their own. • Example: An individual can’t make a sentence mean something completely different just by intending their words be taken a different way. Therefore,
This shows that Mill saw humans as creative individuals thus leading to an interest of tolerance as a political virtue i.e. political tolerance. The liberals argued that our own freedom depends upon all people enjoying the same freedom. This lead to their view of the state be limited to a minimum number of functions, mainly confined to protecting people from each other, defending the nation and preventing the accumulation of
The philosophical basis of liberal feminism lies in the principle of individualism. Individuals are entitled to equal treatment regardless of sex and so any form of discrimination against women should be prohibited. Liberal feminists also do not wish to abolish the distinction between the public and private spheres and accept that women’s leaning towards family and domestic life is influenced by natural impulses and so reflects a willing choice. The focus in liberal feminism therefore seems to be more on the liberal aspect than the feminist as they see no need to push for the sexless personhood goal of feminism but prefer the equality principle of liberalism. This means
Module 4 Answering the Opposition ITT Technical “The Latest from the Feminist Front” What was your initial reaction to Limbaugh’s claim that “feminism was established so that unattractive women could have easier access to mainstream of society?” My initial reaction was that Limbaugh was being disrespectful to women in general. Al women have a right to easier access to society whether they are attractive or unattractive. They are still women and women should be respected as much as men are respected. His statement is also very insensitive. What are two of Limbaugh’s main points?
Even though Margaret Sanger aimed to improve women’s health care, the end still does not justify her means. Women empowerment can either be beneficial or detrimental to society. When there is power over another, the abuse of persons or goods are encouraged, while personal power impels a reassessment of personal potential. Many women have experienced this abuse and through personal power, realize a change in the “self” is essential to the solution and take charge of their situation (Porter
Gender is defined as a social construction of characteristics based on one’s sex. Neither Man nor Woman illustrates this point. The following quote taken from Nanda shows how only the Western people remain caught up in the gender binary: “the view that both sex and gender and dichotomous, oppositional, and permanent, continues to be central in Western thought…and highly resistant to alternative cultural constructions of reality”. Western society may never completely understand multiple genders, but Nanda certainly helps readers at least think about the possibility. Serna Nanda is a cultural anthropologist and professor.
As Estelle Freedman expresses in her introduction to De La Barre’s work, “Since the mind ‘has no sex,’ women as well as men have a right to knowledge and to pursue scientific and literary studies” (Freedman 10). If a desire to learn burns within a woman, denying her opportunity to quench that desire not only violates that woman’s rights, but human rights in general. In a society that fought for the independent rights of man, denying women any right that a man possesses puts to shame all efforts and values regarding the freedom of men. If physical traits must be taken into account when comparing men and women, compare their brains. As Francois De La Barre says, “A woman’s brain is exactly the same as ours.