Essays about: "patriarchy"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 173 essays containing the word patriarchy.

1. 16. Women’s representation in local governance: A case study on the effects of quota implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alexandra Wigren; [2023]
   Keywords : Sri Lanka; quota; electoral reform; women’s substantive representation; politics of presence; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : A qualitative case study set in Colombo, Sri Lanka focusing on women’s representation in local governance. The essay follows the aftermath of the country’s newly implemented electoral reform, which since 2018 resulted in a mixed- member-proportional electoral system with a gender quota. READ MORE

3. 17. Leaving Wonderland - An investigation of capitalist visual culture in public spaces through design in relation to female sexuality

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

   Author : Gréta Balog; [2023]
   Keywords : capitalism; patriarchy; female sexuality; perfectionism; visual culture; public spaces; feminist design; critical design;

   Abstract : Capitalist visual culture in public spaces have a significant impact on female sexuality by perpetuating unrealistic, sexualizing and objectifying representations of women. Visual media such as advertising, branding, and other forms of corporate messaging are used to promote the ideas and values of capitalism. READ MORE

4. 18. Voice and Sites of Resistance : A Woman's Quest for Empowerment and Freedom through Voice in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Adelina Abazi; [2023]
   Keywords : There Eyes Were Watching God; Zora Neale Hurston; voice; subversive; empowerment; freedom; woman; authentic; self;

   Abstract : This essay analyzes the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston, 1937. The main focus is how the protagonist Janie uses her voice to subvert patriarchal oppression. In this essay my hypothesis is that she has a voice all along. However, it evolves due to her ability to engage in activities that are subversive to patriarchy. READ MORE

5. 19. What’s the problem representation of sexual harassment in workplace procedures? : A WPR Analysis of the Code of Conduct on preventing sexual harassment in the workplace of Cyprus and the ECtHR Case of C. v. Romania (application no. 47358/20)

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : Evgenios Zigkas; [2023]
   Keywords : Sexual harassment in the workplace; gender inequality in the workplace; WPR method analysis; sexual harassment policies case laws; feminist legal theory;

   Abstract : Sexual harassment in workplace policies and legal procedures, which are strongly affected by the patriarchy that exists in the legal system, mistreat millions of victims annually. Through the implementation of the WPR Analysis on the Code of Conduct in Public Services on preventing […] sexual harassment in the workplace of the Republic of Cyprus and on C. READ MORE

6. 20. Resistance from within : the experiences and performances of female Malawian YouTubers

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

   Author : Mercy Malikwa; [2023]
   Keywords : Female Malawian YouTubers; YouTube vlogging; Vlogs; Affective labour; Transgression; Agency; Identities; Patriarchy; Colonialism; Performance; Everyday Life; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explored the experiences and performances of female Malawian YouTubers. It is grounded in the understanding of the digital realm as a liberal space in which common people can showcase their own realities without the mediation of the structures of censorship common in traditional media. READ MORE