Essays about: "woman in society"

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  1. 16. Ἀνδρεία, Τόλμα, Θράσος - Male and Female Courage in Classical Greek Literature

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Andrea Nyholm; [2022]
    Keywords : Classical Greek literature; Athenian society; ancient Greek values; gender theory; semantics; ancient literature;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses the differences in the descriptions of and the attitudes towards female courage in the literature of the Classical period. Male authors of this period wrote extensively of the martial and virtuous courage of men, andreíā, yet in some instances instead labelled courage as tólma or thrásos. READ MORE

  3. 17. Ἀνδρεία, Τόλμα, Θράσος - Male and Female Courage in Classical Greek Literature

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

    Author : Andrea Nyholm; [2022]
    Keywords : Classical Greek literature; Athenian society; ancient Greek values; gender theory; semantics; ancient literature;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses the differences in the descriptions of and the attitudes towards female courage in the literature of the Classical period. Male authors of this period wrote extensively of the martial and virtuous courage of men, andreíā, yet in some instances labelled courage instead as tólma or thrásos. READ MORE

  4. 18. Who can “I” or “we” be without Gender? An online ethnographic study to understand identity inside the alchemy of agender

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Felicity Markdal; [2022]
    Keywords : Agender; Non-binary; Phenomenology; Genderqueer; Alchemy; Eidetic reduction; Queer theory; Husserl; Braidotti; Irigaray;

    Abstract : This research is a curiosity for the spaces outside the gender binary, the spaces where an “I” and a “we” could manifest unencumbered by this hierarchical binary[1]. The binary is often in gender research considered a system of understanding sexed peoples in this world based on their differential position in relation to one another. READ MORE

  5. 19. ‘The Gaps Between Stories’ : Examining the Gray Area of Sexual Consent in The Handmaid’s Tale

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Paulina Sundqvist; [2022]
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    Abstract : This project’s aim was to examine how the institutionalization of rape and sexual violence becomes problematic if analyzed through the conceptual lens of consent and complicity. After this close reading of consent and sexual violence, the answers are still not clear or easily discerned. READ MORE

  6. 20. Are journalists aware of the gender gap? : A study on the perceptions and experiences about the language used in the representation of women in the Italian press

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

    Author : Livia Trussardi; [2022]
    Keywords : gender studies; gendered language; journalism; journalistic culture; sexist language;

    Abstract : This thesis studies Italian journalists' perceptions and experiences of the use of gendered language in the representation of women in the Italian press. Previous research has shown that Italian media misrepresent women by producing gender stereotypes. READ MORE