Essays about: "patriarchal societies"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the words patriarchal societies.

  1. 16. Partner age gap and child health in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Jonas Samuelsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Partner age gap; child health; Sub-Saharan Africa; family structures; gender relations;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the association between the age gap between parents and health outcomes for children in Sub-Saharan Africa. An average man-older age gap between partners has been observed all over the world and is the largest in many Sub-Saharan African countries. READ MORE

  3. 17. "Defaming the honour of a woman was a sin" : A norm-critical gender study of Woman at Point Zero and The House on Mango Street

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

    Author : Maria Yakob; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Women are victims of male oppression during countless stages of their lives. Female oppression is rooted in the culture of the societies and that makes patriarchal structures ongoing until this day. Patriarchal structures and social norms make it utterly difficult for women to find ways of liberating themselves from the norms. READ MORE

  4. 18. Patriarchy, The State and its Effect on the Implementation of the Domestic Violence Act in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Ashereen Jessy Kanesan; [2019]
    Keywords : Domestic Violence; Legislation; Malaysia; Klang Valley; Gender-Based Violence; Violence Against Women; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper explores the pressing issue of domestic violence in Malaysia, specifically the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act that was enacted in 1994. Due to strong patriarchal structures that are still prominent in societies, the issue of domestic violence is not seen as a public problem, but as a private issue that should be resolved between partners. READ MORE

  5. 19. Ritual of Sexual Pleasure : A journey of exploration your body and genital part

    University essay from Konstfack/Industridesign

    Author : Hsiao Yuan Huang; [2019]
    Keywords : Sex Education; Sexuality; Sexual Pleasure; Masturbation; Haptic; Sex Toy; Ritual; Probes; 性教育、性愉悅、自慰、感官、情趣用品、儀式、工具;

    Abstract : In patriarchal societies, women’s awareness of their own sexuality is often oppressed. The more we understand our bodies and minds, the more we, as women, can express ourselves and build up Self-consciousness. READ MORE

  6. 20. “To shape God, Shape Self”: The Political Manipulation of the Human Body and Reclamation of Space in Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of the Sower

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

    Author : Lisa James; [2018]
    Keywords : Butler; human body; space; society; Contemporary America; literature; dystopia; Los Angeles; Southern California; ecology; global warming; sociopolitics; gender; stereotypes; race; ethnicity; stagnation; patriarchy; female voice; hysteria; feminist studies; social reform; movement; migration; nomadology; Octavia Butler; empathy; sympathy; Parable of the Sower; hyperempathy;

    Abstract : This paper considers the role of the human body in Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of theSower and the way it interacts with defined space to stage expressive forms of politicalopposition. READ MORE