Feminization - Science topic

This paper examines the role of feminism in addressing honour killings in Pakistan, specifically in the provinces of Punjab and Sindh, during the post-Musharraf era (2008-2023). Honour killings, a deeply rooted issue in Pakistan's patriarchal society, continue to persist despite legal reforms and the increasing involvement of feminist movements in...

This article explores some aspects of the ecocentric thinking implicit in the ancestral cosmovisions of Amazonian peoples with the intention of shedding light on the relationship between respect for animal otherness and ecosystem balance. The research is based on a review of anthropological texts that focus on the Amazonian cultures of Latin Americ...

This chapter examines the evolution of PN Review, a leading Manchester-based poetry magazine, in relation to second-wave feminism in the 1970s and 1980s. Largely funded by the Arts Council of Great Britain, the magazine was initially not a welcoming place for female poets and contributors. Women’s poetry was often disparaged, and few women contribu...

Between 2014 and 2022 Sweden operated the world’s first feminist foreign policy (FFP), which has drawn strong reactions from academics and activists alike. The overarching aim of this article is to analyze how economic objectives within Sweden’s deployment of FFP were framed and rationalized in policy programming, which has to this point received l...

Synopsis of the Book Ecobodyisme : Declare the shahadah in the name of me, body and nature by Wahyu Trisno Aji is a work of thought from Wahyu Trisno Aji that attempts to explore and simplify important concepts about the relationship between humans, the body, and the universe. In this book, the author invites readers to understand that the human se...

The first section of this chapter gives an overview of anthologies of women’s poetry from the early twentieth century to the 1960s. It shows that the canon of poetry by women remained undefined: works that appeared in earlier anthologies were frequently discarded in later ones. Women’s verse continued to be a curiosity, packaged by literary presses...

With increasing rural-to-urban migration by men, Indian agriculture is experiencing "feminization," where women take on key roles as cultivators, labourers, and entrepreneurs. They often face a heavy workload and significant stress due to the demanding nature of farm work combined with their domestic responsibilities, including childcare and househ...

تسلط هذه الدراسة الضوء على الأسطورة الرافدينية عشتار وتتبع أثرها في رواية الجاسوسة للروائي البرازيلي باولو كويلو. تظهر هذه الرواية تأثر الروائي بأساطير بلاد الرافدين حيث تحاكي هذه الرواية من خلال بطلتها ماتا هاري الاسطورة عشتار. تحتل أساطير بلاد ما بين النهرين دورًا حاسمًا في الأدب. إنها ليست أقل من الأساطير اليونانية أو الرومانية. تركز هذه الدراسة...

Extant research on the gendered dynamics on digital labor platforms and care work is divided in terms of focus: (migrant) men involved in supposedly “masculine” work such as driving and delivery, and home-based repair work, and the feminized invisible work performed by women in home-based care-work such as domestic work and beauty work. While such...

Veterinary profession has transformed and witnessed a considerable increase in the number of female veterinarians during the recent decades. This transformation can be attributed to the increase in the number of student places at graduate level and the general trend for young girls to outperform their male counterparts in academic grade achievement...

This thesis is situated within debates about the intersection between identity, gender and transmigration that are on the rise in the South-South context. Using a feminist research approach nested within qualitative methodology, the thesis focuses on the experiences of Zimbabwean women who live in the City of Johannesburg with precarious immigratio...

This article examines the Swedish homebirth discourse and how it is articulated on social media at the beginning of the 2020's. The purpose is to investigate how homebirths are positioned as a counter discourse to hospital births and are formulated as a feminist question. My empirical data consists of notes from online observations of public Instag...

History often remembers the great men who rejected love in favor of intellectual, artistic, or philosophical pursuits. Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Kafka, Wittgenstein, and Tolstoy are celebrated for their contributions to thought and literature, but behind them were women who loved them, believed in them, and, in some cases, suffered for them. Lou Andr...

Femonationalism, or the selective use of feminist discourse to advance far-right causes, has often been analyzed through the lens of party politics. Shifting the focus to grassroots activists, this article studies a group of far-right female activists in France organized as a women-only collective of “identitarian feminists” to explore how these gr...

Feminism remains vital in addressing the ongoing complex issues, as well as addressing the new challenges of global nature, like the rights of transgender individuals and the global fight for reproductive justice. Many men too have embraced feminism, understanding that gender stereotypes and roles also restrict their behavior, emotions, and opportu...

This paper seeks to analyze Jhumpa Lahiri’s defiance of convention with particular reference to the main female characters Gauri and Bela of the novel through their self-empowering. This study shows how the female characters develop their sense of defiance through their action and behavior more than their words, and how they empower themselves in c...

Introduction. In library, archive, and museum (LAM) collections, there has been much work towards restorative cataloguing and addressing harms found within collection data. However, this work is still being done in ad-hoc ways. As a result, there is both 1) a lack of a comprehensive summary of this work and 2) a gap in connecting this work to simil...

Aims To present a model of the determinants of maternal mortality for Indigenous women—social, structural, political and biological. Design Non‐Indigenous academicians and an Indigenous tribal citizen and scholar partnered to amplify Indigenous women's voices. Method With epistemic decolonisation and Indigenist feminism as our theoretical basis,...

Research indicates that certain cultural and attitudinal factors contribute to the persistence of dating violence. This study analyzes the prevalence of victims and perpetrators of dating violence using data from the Youth and Gender Barometer, in a sample of young people aged 15 to 29 residing in Spain (N = 787; 52.9% women). The results reveal th...

Well may be one day I would ask a good movie director or a video director to make a video of such a magnificent scene where the greatest Mughal King would choose frowns of his wives to be able to show bravery and strength of a determined and humble man representing feminism many centuries ago in old India while the story teller friend would promise...

Estrogenic compounds, including natural and synthetic endocrine-disrupting chemicals, pose significant risks to environmental ecosystems and human health. These compounds, originating from pharmaceuticals, agricultural runoff, and industrial waste, have been linked to ecological disruptions such as fish feminization and biodiversity loss, as well a...

Este artigo trata da atuação da Rede de Mulheres Negras de Pernambuco (RMNPE), com foco em suas ações e no impacto dessas na vida das mulheres que integram o grupo. Percabendo que o coletivo em questão se destaca pela produção e disseminação de saberes críticos por meio de seus projetos, evidenciando o papel fundamental dos movimentos sociais, espe...

The creation of a digital exhibit ends in a final product, but there are many more outcomes than what can be seen by simply experiencing the exhibit. The work that goes on between group members and their partners is often overlooked, but is sometimes the most important outcome of a project for those who were a part of it. The project that resulted...

INTRODUCTION: This article is an injunction for social workers, especially social workers who identify as intersectional feminists, to include animals in their analyses of power and to consider speciesism as a form of oppression. We note that women are numerically dominant in animal protection and social work has a history as a ‘women’s profession’...

The voices of people with disability diagnoses are crucial to resisting deficit positioning and multiple cycles of oppression across social systems. However, pervasive whiteness in dis/Ability scholarship functions to generalize dis/Ability as a white experience and to enfold dis/Ability into the protective folds of whiteness and white saviorism. I...

The social and legal treatment of prostitution varies between countries. We examined attitudes toward prostitution (ATP) and their susceptibility to persuasion in three countries: Norway, where prostitution is illegal; Spain, where prostitution is not explicitly regulated in the law; and Germany, where prostitution is legal. Participants (total N =...

KUPI Muslim feminists are born from religious leaders who are sensitive to women's issues. They examine religious texts from a gender perspective, balancing the roles between patriarchal traditions and equality education, on the basis that Islam teaches inclusive justice for all humans. This paper uses a qualitative method with a social approach th...

The field of esthetic surgery of the facial skeleton combines the principles of cranio-maxillofacial reconstruction with advanced techniques to enhance facial harmony, symmetry, and function. By addressing the skeletal framework that supports soft tissues, these procedures significantly improve both esthetics and functionality, transforming patient...

Citation: Pakpahan, C.; Parmanto, C.M.; Amanda, B.; Nguyen, A.; Rezano, A. Identification of Sexual Behaviour of Feminist Men Who Have Sex with Woman in Indonesia. Societies 2025, 15, 64. https://doi. Abstract: As a patriarchal country with dominant religious and cultural values, it is not easy to accept feminism in Indonesia. However, the idea has...

This study examines the perceptions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, queer, and asexual community (LGBTIQA+) and heterosexual feminist cis women on defining feminism and the relationship between the feminist and LGBTIQA+ movements amid Spain’s progressive trans rights legislation. Two 2-hr focus groups were conducted with 12 feminist cis...

The narratives of Susanna and the Barbie film have nothing in common at first glance. However, in both narratives, the garden plays a central role in the plotline. In Susanna, the garden locates the scene where the elders inappropriately approach Susanna who refuses them, setting the court events into motion and the need for Daniel to investigate....

As an important medium to spread feminist ideas, magazines have attracted attention in their presentation of feminism. Metaphor analysis helps to understand the public’s cognition and attitude towards social issues, and reveals the role of metaphor in influencing thinking and decision-making. Based on conceptual metaphor theory and using corpus ana...

Feminism has significantly influenced the existence of women's traditional practices, including the Chisungu tradition of the Lenje people in Chibombo District, Central Province of Zambia. Chisungu, a female initiation rite marking the transition from girlhood to womanhood, has historically played a crucial role in shaping social values, gender rol...

This study explores the role of influencers in shaping public opinion about feminism in Spain, a country where gender equality and feminist discourse have gained relevant public prominence. Although the figure of the influencer may appear novel, the process of opinion formation mirrors that which has historically prevailed for celebrities in tradit...

The concept of feminism springs as a wave of philosophy cum a socio political movement in the 19th century and its breeding ground was Europe. Its ultimate aim can be phrased as an aggressive attempt to concretize for women equal opportunities in the matrix of social and economic aspects. The aggression rises against male dominance and imposes late...

Professional honor is a critical factor shaping the recruitment and retention of teachers in rural China. This study examines the influence of demographic factors—gender, age, and region—on professional honor among 1,320 rural teachers across seven Chinese provinces. Using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), the reliability of the professional hono...

In patriarchal societies, traditional stereotypes often restrict women's roles, portraying them as weak, emotional, and dependent on men. These stereotypes affect daily life and media representations, including film. This study analyzes how feminist values related to gender discrimination are represented in the action film Gunpowder Milkshake. The...

Thanks to two decades of efforts, discoveries, and research of all kinds carried out by her first biographers, later scholars risk detaching Nahui Olin from her time and context: post-revolutionary Mexico. The purpose of this analysis is to adopt an approach that remains consistent with her era and national circumstances. From a libertarian perspec...

This study examines the Balti folktale “Choqpa Bursting Shargo” through a feminist lens, focusing on the representation of female characters and their societal roles. The research aims to explore gender roles, major themes, and the portrayal of patriarchal structures in the narrative. It highlights the elements of oppression and the marginalization...

Purpose of Review The goal of this paper is to review the philosophy, techniques and evidence supporting the utilization of virtual surgical planning (VSP) in facial gender affirming surgery (FGAS). Recent Findings Evidence supporting utilization of VSP in FGAS describes potential benefits protecting key anatomy (including the base of the skull an...

This study focuses on the analysis of the representation of feminism and social critique of women's roles depicted in the film "Yuni" (2021) using Roland Barthes' semiotic approach. The objective of this research is to identify and evaluate how issues of feminism and social critique regarding gender roles are communicated through symbolism and sign...

This study focuses on the analysis of the representation of feminism and social critique of women's roles depicted in the film "Yuni" (2021) using Roland Barthes' semiotic approach. The objective of this research is to identify and evaluate how issues of feminism and social critique regarding gender roles are communicated through symbolism and sign...

Introduction: This study analyzes the Constitutional Court Decision Number: 82/PUU-XII/2014 which is a critical basis and an important basis for resolving the problem of women's representation in legislative institutions. Despite various legal provisions ensuring women's representation, challenges in practical implementation persist.Purposes of the...

This paper aims to explore "Bhat Dey: The Hunger," a Bangladeshi film directed by Amjad Hossain that won the "National Film Award" along with nine other prominent awards for its excellence in depicting the horrendous sight of a patriarchal Asian society. Released in 1984, this movie unveils the gender-based inequality and violence prevailing in a s...

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is driving significant environmental impacts. The rapid development and deployment of increasingly larger algorithmic models capable of analysing vast amounts of data are contributing to rising carbon emissions, water withdrawal, and waste generation. Generative models often consume substantially more ener...

Gender, as both a theoretical construct and a lived reality, remains a contested and evolving concept. Following a review method along with scientific readings, this paper articulates that feminist theorists have critically engaged with the term, challenging its binary understanding and emphasizing its fluidity. Gender is not merely a social identi...

The contribution deals with constructions of threats in (extreme) right-wing on- line discourses. These include feminism and gender discourses, abortion, immigration and birth rates, and the chapter focuses on German speaking contexts. It also includes examples of constructions of threats by abortion of the right-catholic website Kath.net. The desc...

Educational policies in Morocco have been the subject of numerous reform attempts and ongoing discussions. Since gaining independence in 1956, the country's educational system has faced persistent challenges. This long-streamed reform project gained scrutiny in 2016 following the partnership between the Ministry of Education and that of Finance com...

The language of gender equality is increasingly popular worldwide. Yet, it is used both to advance women’s rights and justify the rollback of commitments to equality and democracy. This kind of “abusive feminism” is also arguably on the rise: would-be authoritarian actors today often attempt simultaneously to appeal both to conservative anti-femini...

The objective of this chapter is to explore feminist accounting research by conducting a structured literature review on feminist economics and feminism in business using an interdisciplinary approach. This work aims to identify the main topics discussed in the literature and highlight issues that are less addressed, ultimately contributing to the...

This chapter summarizes the main findings of the book, focusing first on variations in employment trends across countries and periods. We identify job upgrading and polarization as the primary patterns of employment restructuring. Our analysis of 17 countries reveals that occupational upgrading has been the dominant trend in the early twenty-first...

Purpose of Review Facial gender affirmation surgery has become well established with many centers and surgeons offering comprehensive care. Feminization of the neck however, is somewhat nascent. Understanding of the gender dimorphic differences, strategies to improve contour and neck size, as well as maneuvers to rejuvenate and tighten the neck wil...

The evolution of political ideologies has been a dynamic process, originating with classical frameworks such as liberalism, conservatism, and socialism during the 18th and 19th centuries, which provided essential blueprints for contemporary political discourse. As the forces of industrialization and globalization reshaped societal structures in the...

This article tells the story of Lottie Beth Hobbs, one of the most important figures of the anti-ERA movement – and therefore a founding mother of the Religious Right. Although opposition of fundamentalist women to the ERA increasingly has been recognized in the founding of the Religious Right, Hobbs’s role remains underexplored. Relying on a moral...

This report analyzes crime trends in Bangladesh from 2019 to 2025, revealing systemic patterns driven by socioeconomic inequities, institutional gaps, and adaptive criminal networks. Dominated by narcotics (40.24% of cases) and gender-based violence (10.54%), the data underscores entrenched issues of trafficking, addiction, and factors such as toxi...

Abstrak Penelitian ini menganalisis representasi feminisme dalam drama "Queen of Tears." Drama ini menyoroti perjuangan perempuan dalam menghadapi berbagai bentuk diskriminasi dan ketidakadilan gender dalam masyarakat kontemporer. Tujuan analisis ini mengeksplorasi karakter utama dan plot untuk mengidentifikasi bagaimana isu-isu seperti kesetaraan...

This chapter analyses women’s activism and public citizen participation during the Troubles in Northern Ireland (1968–1998). It discusses how women became politicised as women during the conflict and the ideas which underpinned solidarity between them in the different settings. This chapter explores several different forms of activism with examples...

The study analyzed how climate change contributes to the feminization of poverty particularly for rural women in Zimbabwe given that their livelihoods are dependent on natural resources that are climate sensitive. The study adopted a qualitative content analysis as its research design. The study established that gendered norms and power inequalitie...

Although traditional dances remain one of the underdeveloped performance arts that have received less attention in the contemporary era, they remain fundamental to traditional communities that leverage their symbolic qualities and social functions to uphold cultural values that are integral to them. The study aimed to examine the social significanc...

This article offers an innovative contribution to previous and current reconstructions of the dialectics of the national and women’s questions in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. More precisely, it aims to open questions about local and global dis/continuities both between and within Yugoslav left feminism, antifascism, and communism in the period immedi...

This research study investigates the gender and cultural biases represented in Danielle Steel's Silent Honour using postcolonial feminism and ethnocentrism. Using a qualitative approach, the study looks at the portrayal of oppressed female characters, Hiroko and others, who are subjected to social and patriarchal pressures that prevent them from ex...

Background Body image has predominantly been examined among young White women. As a result, the guiding theories in this area of study are based on implicit assumptions that this population’s experience is normative. These assumptions include thinness as the ideal body type and the lack of consideration of body shape, skin tone, and hair texture in...

A study of Western art works through the lens of feminism aims to unveil and dissect the status and portrayal of women in art, along with their profound socio-cultural implications. Spanning from the mythological goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome, through the humanistic women of the Renaissance, to the court beauties of the Baroque and Rococo er...

There has been an increase in the number of businesses owned by women, however most women businesses are stuck in micro and small levels failing to scale up to medium sized or large enterprises. The objective of the study was to determine the Effects of knowledge and skills on the growth of small-scale women owned businesses in Awendo sub county, M...

Gender and technology are deeply intersectional, with significant disparities in representation and influence. In Türkiye, only 24.3% of the workforce in technology consists of women, while globally, women make up just 26% of artificial intelligence professionals, a figure that drops to 11% in Silicon Valley. This paper critically examines the gend...

This book examines gender inequality from the perspective of feminist economics, with empirical application, across different countries such as Turkey, the United States, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica and territories within Europe. It centers on topics such as labor participation, occupational segregation, feminization of poverty...

Our work explores the historical and contemporary challenges faced by the Hijra community in India, focusing on Hijra motherhood and matricentric feminism. Once respected, the Hijra community saw its social standing erode under British colonial rule, which imposed laws that criminalized non-normative gender identities. Despite legal and societal ma...

The third wave of feminism in India has introduced significant ideological shifts that challenge traditional family values and marriage structures. Influenced by Western individualism, Bollywood cinema, legal frameworks like domestic violence laws, political activism, and ideological movements such as wokeism and modernization, this wave of feminis...

In today's society, the development and awakening of feminism has greatly influenced the dissemination of mass media and the development of film and television works. The film and media works under the influence of feminism are gradually moving towards two different aspects. The thesis focuses on feminist works in new media, and through qualitative...

Spanish teachers, in general, are committed, sensitised and in favour of integrating gender equality into their professional development. Despite this, the gender perspective has not been systematically integrated into the training of future teachers. One of the reasons for this is education professionals’ lack of knowledge about the most elementar...

This article aims to make a contribution to the study of liberal feminism, social media, and influencer culture, especially in the Italian context. The feminism of Chiara Ferragni, Italian fashion influencer with over 29 million followers, is an interesting case study that questions the relations, as well as the interaction, between activism, gende...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, renowned for her compelling literary works, intricately weaves a narrative tapestry that explores the multifaceted dimensions of feminism, gender complexities, and the profound psychological landscapes of her female protagonists. Across the historical spectrum from the era of colonization to the contemporary zeitgeist, Adi...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe and prevalent mental illness that is three times more likely to be diagnosed in women than men. BPD research has attempted to explain this gender disparity, with clinician gender bias emerging as a possible factor. Yet, no research to date has examined the role of social status in the overdiagnosis...

Background: National organizations have identified incorporation of LGBTQ-health content into graduate medical education programs as key action items; however, there has been no systematic study of LGBTQ-health content in these programs. Objective: The primary objective of this study was to systematically evaluate the quantity of LGBTQ-related dida...

With the advent of 'second wave feminism' in Christian societies, a corpus of organizational, leadership, and business ethics literature has been devoted to endorsing feminine leadership, equal rights, and gender equality along with other notions pertaining to women's liberation. By applying the philosophy of religion, this pioneer 'qualitative doc...

Beaucoup d'écrivaines africaines font de l'émancipation de la femme africaine leur préoccupation. Au fils des années, ce mouvement pour l'émancipation connu comme le féminisme a vu la naissance des variantes diverses parmi laquelle se trouve l'afropolitanisme, un concept créé par Taiye Selasi's dans son livre « Bye Bye Barber » (2005) pour décrire...

Against the backdrop of the current rise of feminism around the world, films directed by women are increasingly attracting attention. However, discussions on gender imbalance and social scrutiny in gender relations are still insufficient. This study focuses on Anatomy of a Fall and uses Post-colonialism and "Gaze" theory to explore how ethnicity, g...

After the release of The Hunger Games film series, it sparked a heated and extensive discussion. Many studies suggest that The Hunger Games has rewritten the definition of feminist cinema. Most studies believe that female characters such as the female lead in movies subvert traditional female images.; There is also a type of research that revolves...

Our study addresses prostitution as a phenomenon linked to the feminization of poverty, the exploitation of women, and gender inequality, highlighting the role of male demand in its perpetuation. Spain is positioned as one of the main destinations for prostitution, with a high incidence of men paying for sex, normalizing this practice. Male motivat...

Since the 2022 death of Mahsa Jina Amini in custody of the Guidance Patrol or morality police in Tehran, Iran, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi can also function in the classroom as a comics touching point for human rights discourses around the world and in particular—though not exclusively—those that impact women. Kimberlé Crenshaw, who brought inter...

This chapter provides an account of populism and its encounters with feminism and feminist geography. After providing an overview of debates about the meaning of populism, it considers how feminist scholarship, and especially feminist scholarship in geography, have dealt with populism as a phenomenon. Some populist movements have identified feminis...

Australia is faced with gendered issues like intimate partner violence and sexual assault which are perpetuated by widespread negative public attitudes that position women as an inferior gender. High-school Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) offers one intervention into these gendered issues. Research shows students dissatisfaction with RSE and g...

Turkiye (Turkey) is experiencing a feminization of its healthcare sector, which is creating employment opportunities for women, but also revealing gendered patterns of employment. This study examines the working conditions of women in Turkiye’s healthcare sector through a gender lens, focusing on how employment growth affects these dynamics. To add...

Dekonstruksi mengungkap asumsi tersembunyi dan memunculkan pemaknaan baru. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dekonstruksi yang terdapat dalam film Je ne suis pas un homme facile karya Éléonore Pourriat yang ditayangkan pada bulan April tahun 2018 di platform Netflix. Penelitian deskriptif kualitatif ini menganalisis data-data berupa di...

my talk was about the key areas where biotechnology is applied in aquaculture: Disease Control: Biotechnological tools help in developing vaccines and treatments for diseases that affect aquatic species. This ensures healthier and more resilient fish populations. Genetic Improvement: Selective breeding and genetic modification techniques are used t...

Since 'eco-feminism' was developed as a concept in the 1960s, there have been, arguably, major policy shifts in the fields of gender (in)equality and also on environmental sustainability which warrant a consideration of the achievements of, and work outstanding arena for ecological feminism. The recent review work assessed the changing policy lands...

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is driving significant environmental impacts. The rapid development and deployment of increasingly larger algorithmic models capable of analysing vast amounts of data are contributing to rising carbon emissions, water withdrawal, and waste generation. Generative models often consume substantially more ener...

Unlike liberal feminism, which critiques how liberal democracies exclude women on numerous fronts, neoliberal feminism denies gender differences even as it calls for women to craft their own work-family balance. Drawing upon ethnographic data gathered from professional women in Beijing, this paper argues that these women expend considerable emotion...

Violence against women refers to any act of gender-based violence that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women. This type of violence can take many forms, but is not limited to domestic violence, sexual violence, rape, human trafficking, genital mutilation, and forced prostitution. It is a widespread and deep-rooted prob...

This study examines the identity negotiation of Muslim female international students in ESL classrooms in the mid-southern United States, where linguistic adaptation and cultural integration pressures intersect. Drawing on intersectionality, postcolonial feminism, and Kim’s International Student Identity Model, this research highlights how these st...

Social media plays a crucial role in influencing the public conversation surrounding feminism. This research is focused on analyzing Kaduna residents’ views and attitudes toward feminist posts on social media. Anchored on Online Inhibition theory, the study adopted survey research design to elicit data from 312 residents of Kaduna city using Google...

This article aims to analyse Islamic feminism in Morocco through the exegetical work carried out by two Moroccan activists, Fatima Mernissi (1940-2015) and Asma Lamrabet (b. 1961). Through a study of the traditional Islamic theories and texts translated by them, these two scholars illustrate a generational change in Moroccan activism. Using a theor...

This investigation aims to analyze in detail how men are portrayed in Sabyn Javeri's collection of short stories, Hijabistan (2019). This paper uses a radical feminist lens that is frequently criticized for its animosity towards men and support of a matriarchal social structure. The paper uses qualitative method of analysis for identifying recurren...

This essay studies two clifi stories by Indian writer Shweta Taneja, using Donna Haraway’s concept of the “Chthulucene,” which problematises the phallogocentric “anthropos” in the Anthropocene discourse. Addressing how “tentacular thinking” enables new ways of perceiving power, this essay pays particular attention to the politics of speculative fem...

Nigeria’s democracy exhibits gender-based inequalities that suppress women’s voices and disproportionately under-represent them inpolitical leadership. Using feminist political philosophy as its theoretical framework, and mixed methods to gather data, this study interrogated Nigerian feminism, feminist politics, and democracy through the lens of 10...

Despite making some of the most important advances in the social scientific study of woman abuse, feminist sociological research and theorizing that prioritize the concept of patriarchy have leveled off or declined in the last 15 years due, in large part, to the current hegemony of mainstream criminologists fundamentally opposed to a rich gendered...

Feminism is an important movement that challenges patriarchal domination and various forms of discrimination against women in social, cultural and religious contexts. This movement fights for gender equality, eliminating male hegemony, and freeing women from gender-based injustice. In the context of human rights and Islam, feminism advocates fair e...

Abstract: Tsitsi Dangarembga is a Zimbabwean writer who portrays in her trilogy, Nervous Conditions (1988), The Book of Not: A Sequel to Nervous Conditions (2006) and This Mournable Body (2018), the protagonist Tambu who struggles to be educated in Western school and to get capitalist work. Tambu’s Shona culture being patriarchal, she struggles...

Christianity, one of the primary world religions, has profound influences in shaping people's views of gender equality. Many Christians perceive feminism to be against Christian doctrine regarding issues like marriage and gender equality. However, Christian feminists refute this with claims that reinterpreting the Bible helps reveal hidden ideas su...

Under the current digital age, the rapid development of new media has led to the emergence of new value concepts of feminism in film and television works, but relevant research is still insufficient. Although the image of women in new media environments is becoming increasingly diverse, and emerging platforms such as social media provide them with...