PPT-Feminism and “The New Woman”

18501914 Feminists and Politics 1850 only limited reforms enacted where women concerned Cult of domesticity womans place is in the home was common idea Womens rights in 1850. Fall, 2015©. Muslim Women in contemporary times. Week#4. . Is there an Islamic Feminism?. Is it an oxymoron?. Is Islam really compatible with Women’s rights?. What is Islamic Feminism?. 2. Islamic Feminism. Sorcha. . Gunne. s.gunne@warwick.ac.uk. Office: H540. Office Hour: Tuesday, 11am. Term 1: Key concepts and debates. Week 1) . Introduction. Week 2) . Subalternity. and Experience – . Mahasweta. . Sorcha Gunne. s.gunne@warwick.ac.uk. Office: H540. Office Hour: Tuesday, 11am. Woman and Nation . “. Women figure as . ‘. the raw material for symbolisation - biology, reproduction, the body, morality, cycles of growth and decay. Professor Crain. Lady Gaga Feminism. “She’ll . say something feminist one minute and equate feminism with man-hating the next. Sometimes she seems too skinny, too blonde, too commercial–but then she explains how her Bad Romance video simulates the trafficking of women as commodities in the music industry and I swoon. “The White Woman’s Burden”. Imperial context of feminism. “Acknowledging the impact of empire on the British women’s movement is one of the most urgent projects of late twentieth-century Western feminism”.. Please copy into the Class Notes section of your notebook.. What is feminism? . The advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.. Synonyms: . the women's movement, the feminist movement, . ~Simone de Beauvoir. Patriarchy . . defined . “A term used by feminist critics to describe the structuring of society on the basis of ‘father-rule,’ or paternal authority, and the concomitant marginalization or subordination of women. Feminist critics critique patriarchal society as dominated by men promoting masculine ‘values’ that, in turn, maintain men in positions of power—in short, as a system that perpetuates male dominance, whether in the family or in government, in the arts or in religion, and relegates women to the domestic sphere” . By. K.G. . Swarnananda. . Gamage. English Language Teaching . Unit. (ELTU). What is Feminism?. “ Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic and social rights of women. This also includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment”. Feminism is a set of theories which suggest that society does not consider or treat women as equal to men.. It was in the 1960s and 1970s that feminism became popular. There were other women’s movements before that, such as the suffragettes who fought for votes for women in the early 20thC.. analyzing. patriarchal structures, feminist theory seeks to propose new ways for women to bring about social change.. First Wave. From. . the end of the eighteenth century to the beginning. . of collective female political action in the form of the Suffragette and New Women’s movements in Britain and the US, and the granting of partial (1918) and full (1928) franchise for women in. Sorcha. . Gunne. s.gunne@warwick.ac.uk. Office: H540. Office Hour: Tuesday, 11am. Term 1: Key concepts and debates. Week 1) . Introduction. Week 2) . Subalternity. and Experience – . Mahasweta. . mehe ja naise suhted peavad olema . võrdõiguslikud. “Juba kehaehituse järgi võib öelda, et tõsisem mõttetöö. naistele ei sobi. .” . A. Schopenhauer. 2. Õpilaste näited. Tooge näiteid patriarhaalse . Feminism began in the 18th century with the Enlightenment. The controversy over the differences between the genders led to the discussion of equality.. History of feminism. The word "feminism" comes from the French word ". ...But feminists are scary!. Some feminists you may know:. Beyoncé. Emma Watson. Joseph Gordon-Levitt. John Legend. Ellen DeGeneres. Lena Dunham. Amy Poehler. Tina Fey. Joss Whedon. Everyone standing up here!.