Essays about: "female sexuality"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 79 essays containing the words female sexuality.

1. 21. Representation of the “Other” - Discourse of female circumcision in the Journal for Midwives

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Anna-Kaisa Dele; [2020]
   Keywords : female genital mutilation cutting; FGM FGC; postcolonialism; midwifery; critical discourse analysis; representation; female circumcision;

   Abstract : This thesis studied the representation of female circumcision by analysing 32 articles published during the 21st century in The Journal for Midwives, the union journal of the Federation of Finnish Midwives. With critical discourse analysis, through post-colonial feminist theory, the thesis researched the ways the journal is contributing to the creation of readers’ bias regarding circumcised women and their sexuality. READ MORE

3. 22. "Express yourself in new ways" - wait, not like that : A semiotic analysis of norm-breaking pictures on Instagram

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Andrea Bille Pettersson; Aino Vauhkonen; [2020]
   Keywords : social media; norms; roles; gender; self-representation; digital activism; censorship; female sexuality; women stereotyping;

   Abstract : Instagram, as one of today’s largest social media platforms, plays a significant part in the maintaining and reproducing of existing stereotypes and role expectations for women. The purpose of the thesis is to study how Instagram interprets violations against its guidelines, and whether decisions to remove certain pictures from the platform are in line with terms of use, or part of human subjectivity. READ MORE

4. 23. Starving for safe spaces : knowledge production, consciousness-raising and “the political” in the Facebook group Fittlife

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Dajana Kovacevic; [2020]
   Keywords : knowledge production; political participation; feminism; postfeminism; consciousness-raising; experiential knowledge; authoritative knowledge; digital affordances; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The thesis explores online knowledge production around a subject that has been considered taboo and inappropriate through history – sexual, reproductive and genital health for people with female genitals. Therefore, it also examines the political potential of coming together to openly discuss such “delicate issues”. READ MORE

5. 24. Gender and Sexuality on Gethen : A Contemporary Analysis of Ursula K le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Ellen Andersson; [2020]
   Keywords : gender; sexuality; Ursula K Le Guin; The Left Hand of Darkness; science fiction; kön; sexualitet; Ursula K Le Guin; Mörkrets Vänstra Hand; science fiction;

   Abstract : Ursula K Le Guin wrote The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) because she wanted to explore the limitations of gender and sexuality in a way that reflected the ongoing epistemic changes in her society. She created the Gethenians, an ambisexual, androgynous species that live most of their life without an assigned sex, making their entire society lack the concept of gender. READ MORE

6. 25. “No Honor in Honor Killings” Critical Discourse Analysis of the responses in social media to ‘Honor’ related killings events via Hashtag activism in the Arab-speaking region

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Lina Alkowatly; [2020]
   Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Hashtag Activism; Twitter; Honor crimes; Honor killings; Activism; Gender-based violence;

   Abstract : The patriarchal societies in the MENA region have their entire social framework around the protection and regulation of female sexuality. The woman’s male relatives have to make sure that her honor is under their control and fulfills the patriarchal family demands. READ MORE