Most evaluations were neutral to slightly positive, with a few negative areas. However, feminists were seen in less positive terms than the typical woman and were described as much more assertive and politically liberal. Gender, race, birth cohort, gender of target, and feminist-attitude ...
their needs will be dismissed or subjugated." And this is a dynamic that occurs both on a structural level and on a more individual basis: "the one Black woman in the ‘feminist’ meeting has her ideas dismissed because they are ‘too niche’ (i.e. only for non-white women)," Beck ...
a cultural feminist might work to transform the family by focusing on the nurturing and caring that a woman-centered family can provide in life. Echols wrote in 1989, “[R]adical feminism was a political movement dedicated to eliminating the sex-class system, whereas cultural feminism...
Society loves to pin labels and stereotypes on things and people. The problem is, they’re not always accurate. When asked if they are a feminist, most women scream, “oh heck no!” But that’s because they’re not really aware of the fact that there are many different types of femini...
“This woman must be very tough, not obedient. Maybe very bossy. Maybe she wouldn’t follow the orders of a husband.” China is not alone in grappling with the tension between women’s increased life opportunities and anxieties over the resulting fall in birth rates: Around the world, as ...
What does feminism really mean?女权主义究竟就是什么？Imagine a world where skirts, makeup, and high heels are prohibited, where men are forbidden from giving gifts to women, where mothers ignore their children, and where marriage and dating are obscene、It sounds nightmarish, but this is the ...
s exploration of the social construction of gender and the ways in which women are “othered” in patriarchal societies laid the groundwork for feminist theories of gender and oppression. Her assertion that “one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman” challenged essentialist views of gender...
1.Their place is in the home. (OR: A woman's place is in the home.) 2.The importance of equality in the home. 3.The pattern of sharing in tasks and decisions. 4.They will accept gender equality more easily and be better prepared for a world characterized by cooperation between the ...
feminist movement to fight for the right to vote of women.As it begins, Alice Pauland and Lucy Burns return to US from England where they have been actively involved in the suffrage movement. As the duo becomes more active within the National American Woman Suffrage Association, they begin ...
I'm met by Roisin McGovern, manager of the clinic, who leads me into a spartan white consulting room. There, my face is examined by Dr Bernadetta Brazzini, an Italian dermatologist in her 30s who beams with health. I wonder what she makes of the nervous woman sitting before her. At...