Essays about: "women oppression"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 105 essays containing the words women oppression.
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21. Incels: Frustrated and Angry due to Deprivation of Intimacy : A Case Study of the Radicalisation Trajectories of an Online Community on a Fringe Social Media Platform
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutet för analytisk sociologi, IASAbstract : Technological advancements and affordability enable voicing of social injustice, feelings of deprivation, and oppression. Spatial barriers no longer pose obstacles to connecting with like-minded (or dissimilar) others to define and refine ingroup and outgroup. READ MORE
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22. The Meaning of Gender Issues as Narrated and Negotiated by Activists in Mozambique
University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterAbstract : Feminist activism in Mozambique has suffered dramatic changes throughout the many socio-political processes the country has encountered. Consequently, the activists in civil society still struggle to fight against patriarchal oppression, political repression, and socio-cultural norms that hinder women's full realization of their rights. READ MORE
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23. Sisterhood : An examination of women’s relationships in Maggie O’Farrell’s The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This essay explores how the novel The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell depicts and criticises behaviours derived from deeply rooted patriarchal ideologies, traditional gender roles and sexist oppression. It aims to determine whether the novel encourages feminist values by examining the three main characters, Kitty, Esme and Iris, and how they relate to each other as well as to patriarchal structures and sexist oppression. READ MORE
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24. Kambili’s Journey to Dignity, and Self-empowerment : A Womanist Approach to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : Using womanist theory as a theoretical framework, this study has analyzed identity formation and self-empowerment. Adichie is considered a feminist writer, but her ideals and ideas are very different from Western ideals and aim to survive and challenge patriarchal culture. READ MORE
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25. ‘The Gaps Between Stories’ : Examining the Gray Area of Sexual Consent in The Handmaid’s Tale
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : 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