Essays on Feminism

Victorian era was important time in the literature of England, it was changing period. Charlotte Bronte as a female writer was one of famous and important persons in the world of literature. Many readers admired charlotte Bronte’s works that were well known and popular. She...

“Hitherto I have recorded in detail the events of the insignificance of my existence…” (99). Charlotte Bronte sets the tone of chapter X in its very first sentence: a Victorian young woman that have lived in accordance with its role in society and now transcends...

Sandra Cisneros is the author of the house on Mango Street. She wrote the book in 1984 which was awarded many prestigious awards to include the Columbus foundation’s American book award. She comes from a large Hispanic family where she was one of seven children...

Feminism is the “belief that women should have economic, political, and social equality with men”(Gustafson). Many inspirational feminists have “challenged the traditional gender roles and demanded more opportunities for women throughout history” (Gustafson). In 1920, women finally gained the right to vote in the United...

The 1930’s was a very interesting time for society, for many reasons. For example, gender decrimination still continued. The Great Depression impacted many, but especially women. Women’s rights in the 1930’s were limited due to the lack of jobs, but other privileges for women did...

Throughout history women served one purpose, to be the watcher of the house and children. Especially in the U.S, due to being a newly founded country, women haven’t gotten the opportunity to enhance their political and social roles. Men in society have always been the...

Gender inequality  Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a prosperous and sustainable world. In this assignment we are going to discuss gender inequality mainly focusing on women. Gender lines are drawn early, starting by birth and exclusions...

Abstract Women play an important role in the building up of every economy. Women who form almost one half of the world’s population were lagged behind the development. According to Swami Vivekanand, ‘…… there is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the...

Culture against women Women’s rights, just like human rights, are norms that aim to provide a certain standard of living and access to services to all women regardless of their religion or any other status. They exist as a separate concept outside human rights not...

Being a girl in a male dominated world can be very difficult. Growing up in a time period that is so heavily focused on fighting for equality and our rights has been very eye opening for me. I have attended multiple women’s marches, and i...

Introduction “Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpected effort that might have saved the world”- Jane Addams. This quote means for a person to give up too soon is worst because you never know...

“She is plucking the Bird of paradise of its dead branches, leaning around the plant every time she hears a car”. This is the opening line to Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies within her book; Alvarez addresses many themes throughout the book,...

As a result of the legislation that sparked controversy over issues such as abortion and female bodily autonomy, female agency and motherhood takes stage front and center. From critiques of canonical thinkers, to scientifically conducted research and beyond, it is clear that there are explicit...

On Saturday 30 May 2015, New York City witnessed a huge event; Hillary Clinton inflamed Lincoln center’s hearts visitants by her poignant speech ‘Women in the World Summit 2015 Keynote Address’. People from all social classes and genders came to support this event and upholding...

Without question, the Pro-choice versus the Pro-life debate has to be one of America’s debates topics with no doubt, and rightfully so because it is such a serious, and difficult topic to discuss. Everyone has their own opinions about abortions, and there are a lot...

Abortion has been the most controversial topic in our society since the 1900s leading to our modern society today. Since the 1970s, the new laws of Roe vs Wade changed the outcomes of abortion into making it legal, even though it has been legal in...

“You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion”. Hillary Clinton.  According to the World Health Organization, 25 million of women were exposed to unsafe abortion just in 2018. Family planning is...

The position of women’s sexual as well as their reproductive rights in several cases in developing countries such as Namibia are undermined. This is so because, human rights privileges in some of the tropical cases such as abortion still remains an unturned stone. However, evidence...

What are women’s rights? Women’s rights are the human rights that were established by the United states for everybody specifically women about 70 years ago. These rights include the right to live free from violence, slavery, and discrimination. They also give us the right to...