It is a popular belief that feminism is supporting females being over males. This is not the case, in fact almost the complete opposite is true. “Feminism is not the belief that one gender should be raised in power above another.” (McAtamney) Instead feminism is a movement advocating for equality between females,males, and transgenders without discriminating. Equality across the world will help reach a more successful and balanced world.
Both the article Oppression by Marilyn Frye and the article Feminism is for everybody that includes men by Katherine Fritz both talk about the way women are demoralized by society on what society assumes about the person not what they know about the individual. That just because a woman dresses sexy does not mean she is sexually easy or deserves to be called derogatory names or harassed or worse raped. There should also not be one set of rules for men and another set for women. If a man has multiple sexual partners, he is labeled a stud and if a woman has the same number of sexual partners, she is labeled a whore or slut. Society attaches labels to us since birth, which is where female oppression starts.
The Feminist theory focuses on the inequality of gender and how women are not treated as well or equal
This belief can stem from many fears of the unknown, and the fact that our society does not like change in general. Some people could fear straying from tradition. These people could fear what would happen if women were no longer the sole caregivers and men were no longer the sole breadwinner. An article discusses the fear others have as stated, “Institutional resistance to feminist approaches, stemming in part from a fear that demands for gender equality would require power redistribution” (Calkin, 2015, p. 297). This article implied that in order for us to gain gender equality, the men at the top of our society think they would have to relinquish power.
One reason is that measurement lacks validity as self-reporting is the main method used. Societal roles may deter individuals from responding truthfully or even participating in the research. While the feminist movement has championed in pushing the agenda for equality for women not only in the United States but in societies across the globe, feminist theorists seek to challenge the masculine and feminine gender roles that are formed by societies and conform to role that are not gender biased.
Men have given the media this unrealistic image that women cannot fend for themselves, cannot do hard jobs, or cannot get as far in life as a man. Even in jobs, though a woman and a man may be in the same position, women “earn just 74 cents for every $1 a man earns” (CNNMoney). This is truly unfair, yet men today still say that women are “equal,” though it is obviously false. Women today, though they have more rights than in the 1800’s, are still not in the place we need to be in ranking with men. Women are still abused, sexually harassed and mistreated more than men because of their sex.
The barrier between the two genders is not the fault or responsibility of just one gender. The definition of feminism is, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.” In the fight for gender equity, we should not put one gender above the other. I would like to believe that I could be a feminist, but people like me are what is holding back the movement. If more people stepped out of their assigned gender role and chose a different path, change can and will happen.
In the memoir Buck by Mk Asante showed plenty of examples of Feminist theory. For centuries woman in all different shapes and forms has always been belittled. Who are people to judge them for their gender? All woman over should be treated equally. It is in our constitution that everyone should be created equally.
In relation to that, the women in the article “Female Chauvinist Pigs” use that approach to feminism to define different aspects of life. More so than not wanting to be treated like shit, they just want to be recognized by their male counterparts to even get a start. Based solely on their gender, women are already placed at a disadvantage in the workplace
When I tell people that I am an open feminist, some assume that I automatically “hate men,” or believe that women are above men. This is plainly not true. I believe that, to the extent that we can be, men and women should be treated as equals. Although there was much progress during the 1920’s towards women’s rights (specifically, the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in 1920), it slid backwards in the over the next two decades. There were approximately 1,000 discriminatory laws passed in the United States in the around that time period that prevented women from having the same rights as men.
What modern feminists refuse to admit is that feminism is only one side of a two-sided coin of inequality. A “movement” that advocates for the rights of one gender over another is sexist and unequal by nature. If feminists were striving for equality, then they wouldn’t be FEMinists. Being feminist, simply put, means that you want women to not only be equal to, but greater than men.. Thus, I believe that feminism is a poorly made masquerade to cover women’s desire to control men.
The central objectives of this essay are to gain an understanding as to why sexually deviant behaviour occurs within team sport and to explore the possible causes of athlete sexual deviancy. This will be done first and foremost by contextualising deviant behaviour and highlighting the main concepts of the critical feminist sociological theory which will help us to understand why deviant behaviour occurs from a critical feminist point of view. The main concepts of the theory to be utilised will be patriarchy and gender ideology which will help us to understand possible influential factors of sexual deviancy within team sport; using the theorists viewpoints to understand why this is behaviour occurs, the legal and personal ramifications of
Feminism is a range of ideas and approaches that seek to create sexual and gender equality for women. It focuses to achieve equal rights for females in different parts of society. Though these feminist movements were successful over the years, there’s a lot left to accomplish before we can say equality between men and women has been reached. All over, women are still at a disadvantage despite their successful liberation campaigns.
Women and men are born equal, the feminists claim. Men and women are not equal. Not only are they different on the physical level but they also differ in almost every way they relate to the world around them. Men and women have different communication skills, different uses of their emotions and even different apprehension of pain. However just because men and women are different does not mean that one is better than the other, in fact the existence of humanity depends on these differences.
The aim of this paper is to draw out the implications of liberal feminist framework for the analysis of education. Doing this paper will discuss its conceptual basis, its typical educational objectives, strategies for change and criticism of the approach. Feminist theoretical framework addresses the question of women’s subordination to men: how this arose, how and why it is perpetuated, how it might be changed and (sometimes) what life would be without it. Middle range theories may be less dramatic and consider particular aspect of gender relation and specific sectors of life such as education, the family or politics. Feminist theories serve a dual purpose, as guides to understanding gender inequality and as a guide to action.
