Essays about: "lookism"

Found 2 essays containing the word lookism.

1. 1. The Lack of Love : The Sacred and the Suffering Experiences of Female Involuntary Celibates

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Maria Brix Rasmussen; [2023]
   Keywords : femcel; Forever Alone Women; FAW; incel; involuntary celibacy; love; online environment; online community; lookism; objectively ugliness; Reddit; Discord; phenomenology; orientation; ethnology; ethnography;

   Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the reality of female involuntary celibates. To understand how the identification of being a female involuntary celibate has developed online in a shared online environment, I explore the experiences from women who identify as femcels and women who identity as forever alone women. READ MORE

3. 2. Witch hunts and the intersections of gender, age and class : A feminist analysis on the Western European witch hunts in the 16th and 17th century.

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Bente de Koeijer; [2022]
   Keywords : gendered ageism; witch hunts; femicide; lookism; marxist feminism; women s history;

   Abstract : Aim: The aim of this thesis is to elucidate the effects of gender, age, and class in witch hunts in the sixteenth and seventeenth century in Western Europe from a feminist perspective. It also aims to understand the perception of these witch hunts in our present society. It centers poor, old, women who were accused of witchcraft. READ MORE