Outstanding Examples of an Essay About Women Rights - Page 5

An argumentative essay must persuade the reader to join the writer in taking a particular stand. This can be done using different tools of argumentative writing. The tools espouse special skills in writing that must be put to use by the writer right from the introduction of the essay, down to the body and finally the conclusion. Argumentative writing is all about persuasion. Here, the writer must appeal to the reader’s logic and rationality by approaching their subject matter in an informed and fair manner that the reader will find reasonable and easy to accept. Such writings must Continue reading...

Virginia Woolf and Feminism

Virginia Woolf was born in 1882 in a well-to-do English household and was brought up by freethinking parents. She initiated her writing career when she was still a little girl and published her first written work, the novel by the name ‘The Voyage Out’ in the year 1915. This was appreciated by most of her age mates, and she managed to earn more praise from them. As a young girl, Woolf was known to be playful and light-hearted. Due to her family's humorous antidotes, she was able to start a family newspaper by the name Hyde Park Gates News Continue reading...

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After more than a century, Kate Chopin’s literary works are still relevant especially to the spectrum of feminist and women’s movements across the globe. She is well known for defying the status quo of writing in the 20th century and she bravely faced the ire of many critics particularly in her novel “The Awakening.” Countless knives were thrown to her once the novel was published in 1899 as critics during that time consider the literary as unholy and immoral for presenting freedom through indulging sexual desires forbidden by the law and the society. This novel however Continue reading...

For centuries the Snow White has been a favourite bed-time fairy tale for the children. The Snow White portrays a beautiful and innocent princess poisoned by her step mother by luring her to eat the magical apple, inducing deep sleep. The Snow White lies in a vegetative state and can only be restored back to consciousness, breaking the deep spell by the kiss of a prince who genuinely loves her. In keeping with the traditional happy ending fairy tales by pure coincidence or chance a prince steps into the cave of the seven dwarves and kisses the princess. His Continue reading...

The HBO series Game of Thrones has known extreme popularity and success in the United States and abroad. It boasted the highest ever viewing of an HBO episode (“Game of Thrones”). The series is based off the book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. When observing the world of the show, one observes striking parallels between Westeros, the world of Game of Thrones, and our own modern society. Feminist questions present themselves and women in Westeros deal with the issue of gaining acceptance in male dominated social constructs. Multiple main characters deal with Continue reading...

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In western societies, women have traditionally lacked reproductive autonomy due to various religious and social proscriptions that hitherto have stripped women of the power to make such an important life decision. For centuries, abortion has remained a contentious and debatable topic in public discourses and political circles alike. Indeed, attitudes towards abortion are shaped on an idiosyncratic basis according to hegemonic values in each respective culture. Moreover, the medical risks posed by abortion or the lack of one’s ability to procure an abortion further complicate the debates surrounding abortion as a social and cultural issue. Critics posit that Continue reading...

Katha Pollitt in her essay ‘Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls’ and Deborah Tannen in her essay ‘Conversational Styles’ talk about the different gender roles and the behaviors of men and women. While Pollitt says that gender roles are more a result of lifestyle and the pressures of society, Tannen’s essay seems to imply that gender roles are inherently different and that men and women act differently in the same situations. Both the authors talk about the gender differences in society but differ in explaining the causes for the specific behavior of men and women. While Pollitt Continue reading...

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) views gender equality as “the measurable equal representation of women and men.” Further, they suggest that gender equality accepts that although men and women are different, they nonetheless possess equal societal value and should therefore be treated as equals. Additionally, the IPPF points out that in the view of the United Nations, gender equality is a fundamental human right and that the empowerment of women (who tend to be the disadvantaged in terms of gender equality) is also a vital tool in the fight to advance development and reduce poverty. The IPPF also Continue reading...

As we know humanity always wanted to bring new technologies and methods that make our life simple and easier to live on. Throughout decades, we have been self-developing and this brought us to the modern world, with it great investigations which we face in 21th century. But nowadays, we have been facing a lot of troubles regarding different subjects. In this essay, I am going to discuss different problems that society are faced with, their pros and cons and how did it affected our lives.
Internet. Internet became the most important part of our daily lives. No one can Continue reading...

Women and gender is a field of interdisciplinary study taking gender as the central and vital focus of analysis, whereby gender has been a constitutive field that has created meaning in the history of humanity. The study of women and gender works towards reframing the position of gender as a foundation to the work of political, economical, social aesthetic and cultural systems. Women studies connect the subjects of sexuality, class, gender and nation in an attempt to provide a definition of identity as fundamental and complex social phenomenon. There are various popular methodologies in the field of women studies Continue reading...