Feminism Essays

The Feminist Movement (also known as The Women’s Liberation movement) is a social movement organized around the belief that both men and women are equal in every way. The role of feminism in the 20th century changed the lives of many women, opening new doors to greater opportunities such has: jobs, education, and empowerment. Many […]

The study of women’s role in society is a growing literature in recent history. Many have been said about them and a lot of studies were conducted in the aim of identifying such developments. Women are seen as having various characteristics depending on the situation and conditions they are in and such characteristics or roles […]

The  recognition of the rights of women in not only American history but world history is relatively new.  For thousands of years, women were seen as submissive and as second class citizens to their male counterparts, and sadly, this is still the prevailing ideology in many countries in the Middle East and Asia even today. […]

Abortion is a deliberate causing of premature birth before seven month. Teen abortion is legal in all states, though some require parental notification or permission. At a time when schools are not allowed to give students aspirin without parental permission, teenage abortion, the killing of an innocent life is allowed without permission in over 20 […]

Mona Lisa Smile takes place in 1953 and tells the story of a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and left as a first-year teacher from Oakland State University. She also leaves her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California, to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women’s private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, […]

Riot Grrrl- A Concrete Manifestation of the Third Wave of Feminism Riot Grrrl is an underground feminist punk movement that started in the early 1990’s and is often associated with third wave feminism. They address issues such as rape, sexuality and female empowerment. “You profit from the rape lie baby Eat meat Hate Blacks Beat […]

Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication to the Rights of Women” urges women to develop their mental and physical capabilities to assert their rights in society. She supports education and active involvement, rejecting the belief that women are inferior. The overall effect of Wollstonecraft’s work is empowering, reminding women that they have an unrestrained voice (Wollstonecraft 204). […]

There is great controversy surrounding the issue of abortion in all societies. This essay will examine two distinct viewpoints on the subject, one being that of Judith Jarvis Thomson, a philosophy professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While Serrin M. Foster, the President of Feminists for Life of America, concentrates on practical solutions to […]

“The Bedford Reader” offers brilliant collection of insightful, well-developed and thoughtful essays devoted to political, social and cultural issues, but the most appealing for me are the themes of social inequality, hypocrisy, women oppression and subordination presented in the horrific short-story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. The story emerged in 1948 and raised much controversy […]

Most scholars consider the feminist movement to have taken place in waves, occurring all throughout the 1900’s and continues up to this day. However, experts in history acknowledge that the final years of the 19th century up until the first decades of the 20th century was the period that saw the rise of female empowerment […]

In the early part of the 20th century, the Chinese leadership was confronted with what they thought was an insuperable problem and that was the rapid rate of population increase for a big, rural, impoverished population. The policies for birth and population planning were first carried out on the Maoist Era and such policies have […]

Today in Sri Lanka escalating unsafe abortions has become a significant health and social issue. The low behind the abortion is exceedingly restrictive permitting for abortion except, the situation where pregnancy threatening to the life of the mother. But today in the society large numbers of unsafe abortions are performed. Main reason for that is […]

The status of women in India has undergone significant changes throughout history. While they were previously viewed as equal to men in ancient times, their position deteriorated during the medieval era. Nonetheless, gender equality was advocated by several reformers who have left an indelible mark on Indian women’s history. Today, women have held esteemed positions […]

The year was 1962 when Moore met Grant Tinker, an executive at 20th Century Fox; the couple was married the same year in Las Vegas. In the late 1960’s, they merged their creative capital and formed MTM Enterprises. Her and Tinker pitched a show to CBS about a recently divorced woman living on her own […]

Throughout history, gender stereotypes and male dominance have consistently led to the denial of women’s political positions. Despite opposition and efforts for change, progress was made in 20th century Latin America towards supporting women’s political involvement and recognizing the relationship between gender and politics. It should be noted that this push for participation was not […]

The ‘death’ of young Byron Shields, a seven month old foetus in a road rage accident in 2001 was the catalyst for immense controversy over the lack of legislation protecting unborn children, particularly from incidents where the death occurred either intentionally, or at the very least, because the assailant has acted recklessly.However, it was not […]

Source A implies that the reasons given by the Suffragettes demanding votes for women are that firstly, women were very angry that the Conciliation Bill did not include the right to vote for women, but the Bill included many things for men. Source A was by the Suffragettes, who were a group of women fighting […]

Despite their stark differences, the cultures of France and China are similar in the way they treat women- both expected women to be subordinate to men. Women were confined to the roles of wives, mothers, and child-bearers even if they lived centuries apart when men held superior position in a hierarchical society. The restrictions on […]

The concept of women’s empowerment is extensively discussed and acknowledged as a vital aspect of societal change. Women’s leadership and participation in communities have often been difficult to achieve and occasionally misused, but they have served as powerful tools for empowering women in the context of development. Women have strived to challenge established powers for […]

The main focus of this study is the decision-making process that adult females in Turkish society undergo when they attempt to balance their responsibilities towards family and career. The increase in female labor force participation has been observed in developed countries, whereas developing countries like Turkey are experiencing a decline. Women’s engagement with the labor […]

One hundred and fifty years ago this summer, in the little country town of SENECA FALLS in upstate New York, several dozen excited women and a few interested men held the first meeting in the world devoted solely to womens rights. It was 1848, the springtime of the peoples in Europe; and, although these Americans […]

During the mid-1800s to early 1900s, women encountered major obstacles. They experienced distinct treatment compared to men during this era. Legally, married women had no legal status. Moreover, until August 1920, they were deprived of suffrage and forbidden from pursuing professions in areas such as medicine and law. Access to education was also restricted for […]