Patriarchy - Science topic

This study aims to examine the participation of husbands/male siblings as promotional agents for early breast cancer screening in patriarchal regions and to analyze the dynamics of their involvement in women's health campaigns. This research employs a qualitative approach with a case study method conducted in Mamuju Regency during January-February...

The literature on Violence against Women (VAW) finds that majority Muslim countries have weaker legal protections against VAW than other states. We argue this finding is explained by the influence of patriarchal institutions and autocratic legitimation strategies rather than Islam per se. Women are more vulnerable to VAW where patriarchy is institu...

Digital adoption has increasingly been seen as a key driver for accelerating human development. However, contextual factors affect digital adoption in a particular geographical setting. These factors have gendered differences due to systemic patriarchy and social stereotypes. There is limited scholarship on identifying such factors and gender diffe...

Women have been subjected to societal values and beliefs that they are second to men. Thus, they have to submit themselves to their male counterparts’ dictates and desires. African society has in one way or another contributed to the development of a patriarchal system and male domination. First, house chores and economic activities are divided alo...

The landscape of Indian literature has never been found to be equal in contribution from both the genders. It has always been dominated by male writers. It is very fair to say that the aspirations and expectations of Indian women have been largely confined to the ambit of moral and social commitments prevailing in our country. By and large, the Ind...

The conversation around climate, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and menstruation is increasing more than ever in Nepal. The discussion between climate and SRHR is more visible and it endeavors to develop the relationship between them. The claim of the role of menstrual discrimination (MD) is the construction and reinforcement of...

This thesis investigates how activists in the Philippines advocate for the legalization of divorce in a context shaped by religious conservatism, political risk-aversion, and patriarchal structures. Based on qualitative interviews with eight activists, the study identifies key challenges such as red-tagging, lack of legal protection, and moral stig...

Oscar Wildes masterpiece The Picture of Dorian Gray employs a distinctive aestheticist style to narrate the story of the protagonist Dorian Gray, who attempts to trade his soul for eternal youth, only for his moral transgressions to manifest on his portrait. The novel not only reflects Wildes profound meditations on human nature, art, and morality...

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) is a film directed by Cline Sciamma. In 21th century France, female identity and feminism has become a hot topic in society. It touches areas of politics, economics and art. Several feminism films frequently appeared in the 21th century, Portrait of a Lady on Fire belongs to one of them. It portrays the relationshi...

In certain communities, the persecution of female children has long existed, shedding light on the shared struggle against social and cultural conventions and the resilience that arises from such adversity. By examining two different social contexts—the Saudi setting in Wadjda (2012) and the African American context in The Bluest Eye (1970)—the cur...

This paper explores feminist and anti-speciesist critiques of the Anthropocene concept, which, while raising awareness of global ecological crises, often universalizes human responsibility and obscures the structural power dynamics behind environmental emergency. Drawing on thinkers such as Jason W. Moore, Françoise Vergès, and Donna Haraway, the p...

The school leadership landscape presents an array of challenges and opportunities for women. This study explores women's experiences in educational leadership in one region of South Africa. Qualitative data was collected from three focus groups comprising 30 women school leaders—10 principals, 10 deputy principals, and 10 departmental heads—from sc...

This reaction paper encapsulates the essence of communication studies on how it transcends historically and the methodical nature of social constructs on the perceptions of communication as a societal norm, laws, theories, and principles. In the same manner, this affirmation connotes the following topics: 1. The Frankfurt School; 2. The Political E...

The Temple of My Familiar, a representative work by the African American female writer Alice Walker, profoundly reveals the oppression and sufferings endured by women and nature under patriarchal rule through the life experiences of characters such as Lissie, Fanny, Suwelo, Carlotta, Zed, Arveyda, and Hal in different historical periods. Through th...

Although Morocco has made great efforts to eradicate patriarchy, inequalities persist. Women in this country gained the right to vote in 1963, immediately after independence. From then on, different parts of Morocco have witnessed the pivotal role women have been playing in politics, actively calling for their rights and more reforms. Notwithstandi...

This study aimed to analyze the representation of gender injustice in the novel Wigati by Khilma Anis in using a critical discourse analysis (CDA) approach based on Sara Mills' theory. The study employed Sara Mills' subject position theory to reveal how the narrative in the novel represented the positions of women and men within a patriarchal socia...

This paper explores the influence of inheritance rights on women’s empowerment in India. We employ the quasi-natural experiment framework wherein five states amended the Hindu Succession Act (HSA) from 1976 to 1994 before it was federally amended in 2005. We adopt a difference-in-difference (DID) strategy alongside a triangulation approach to pinpo...

This study examines how ngoyaan singers engage with the hectic lives of women who are faced with the dictates of culture and the need for social and economic empowerment. Ngoyaan has become a musical genre of subversion and resistance, whose golden age goes back to the pre-colonial era, in Saalum, Senegal. The songs, accompanied by hand-clapping an...

This article examines Alice Walker's concept of womanism as a theoretical framework within feminist theory, emphasizing the issues, problems and circumstances faced by women of color. Womanists endeavor to rectify inequities that are typically overlooked by conventional feminism. Womanism examines who the woman is in isolation rather than in big fr...

Throughout history, women have faced various forms of prejudice and challenges, encompassing physical, psychological, and sociological aspects. Feminist writers across the world have focused on stories about female protagonists who have faced subjugation and marginalization but have had the strength to emerge from their refuge to develop their own...

In the United States, there is a moral panic about mass murder – a phenomenon representing a very small percentage of all homicides – committed by strangers in public spaces (e.g., school shootings, concert killings, church slayings, movie theater massacres, etc.). While such devastating events do occur and can be fear-inducing, the bulk of mass mu...

This paper focuses on the personal life of the remarkable non-Sectarian philosopher, reformer, and musician Fakir Lalon Sah, who opposes caste, class, gender, and all forms of socioeconomic hierarchy as well as identity politics based on race and nationality. He rejected the notion of class, patriarchy, religion, nation, "path" (hierarchies and the...

The story of Zelophehad's daughters in Numbers 27:1-11 represents a pivotal moment in the biblical narrative where women's voices drive change in the patriarchal legal system of ancient Israel. In a cultural context where inheritance rights were reserved only for men, the courage of these five women to make demands to Moses and God became a signifi...

This paper provides a comparative examination of women’s agency and intertextuality in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Our Sister Killjoy and Ousmane Sembène’s Xala, focusing on their roles within post-colonial African societies. The analysis explores how both authors portray the struggles of African women against the backdrop of cultural, social, and colonial opp...

This chapter examines how Qatar’s quest for gender equality, a core goal of the Qatar National Vision 2030 (Government Communication Office. https://www.gco.gov.qa/en/about-qatar/national-vision2030/ ), has influenced Qatari women's participation in the labor force. Despite their academic qualifications and government initiatives, Qatari women stay...

The essence of this study is to portray the patriarchal attitudes and tendencies towards the notion of childlessness in certain Nigerian families. The study used content analysis in Ayobami Adebayo’s novel Stay with Me (2017), employing the theoretical frameworks of patriarchy and childlessness to trace the extent to which the disease of childlessn...

Film is an effective tool for inserting teachings and propaganda. Films always influence and shape society through the messages they convey. This research is a feminist study of Katara's character and her liberation from gender stereotypes in the film Avatar the Last Airbender Season 1, 2024. This research aims to see how Katara's character challen...

The study examines the journey motif to understand the identities of Waris Dirie’s in Desert Flower and Desert Dawn. The study relies on autobiography theory as well as African feminism theory. Dirie’s two narratives which form the basis of this study: Desert Flower and Desert Dawn, help to define and place women’s contribution to literary and gend...

This study aims to highlight Arab women’s autonomy by elaborating the feminist meaning in the literary code that challenges the patriarchal myth of Adam and Eve in three contemporary Arabic literary works. Through a feminist literary criticism approach, this study reveals the form of deconstruction and criticism of the binary opposition. Hence, Eve...

The Christian tradition of patriarchy often traces its roots to the Yahwist creation narrative in Genesis 2:21-25. The study asks a pivotal question: “Does the Yahwist creation narrative teach male primacy?" However, a closer examination of the Hebrew words "Adam" and "Adamah" suggests a more egalitarian relationship between man and woman. This stu...

The underreporting of gender-based violence (GBV) in institutions of higher learning can be attributed to a range of causes and has an impact on students’ physical and mental health. Institutions of higher learning have made efforts to eradicate the problem, yet incidences are still on the rise, calling for urgent attention. This paper focuses on t...

Purpose: This study investigates the ideological portrayal of women in Akan proverbs and Ghanaian social media commentary, with a specific focus on how both domains reflect and reproduce patriarchal values. It seeks to understand the extent to which traditional proverbs portraying women as dependent, subservient, and lacking agency are reinforced i...

In this opinion piece, I critically reflect on the interim government of Bangladesh’s Women’s Affairs Reform Commission’s report, which was published in 2024. I argue that the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission’s report left the question of calling for intersectional social and structural transformation mostly implicit and covert. The series of coor...

This research investigates the intersection of cyberfeminism, technology, and the issue of sex trafficking in cyberspace. As internet technologies evolve rapidly, the digital realm has emerged not only a space for social interaction, but also as a platform for exploitation—particularly through the rise of online sex trafficking. This study critical...

This article explores telling stories and sharing memory as a means of achieving female communion and empowerment in Khaled Hosseini’s 2007 novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. Despite the rich scholarship the novel has received, this particular aspect of storytelling among female characters employed as a means of defying patriarchal norms and coping wi...

Abstract: Literature on leadership contexts predominantly focuses on how females should develop a network of support required to address and counter the power of men, popularly and historically vested in patriarchy. However, due to widespread emphasis on socio-culturally fixated patriarchal dividends, we fail to identify another layer of oppression...

The number of childfree and never-married women continues to increase globally. However, we know very little about their subjective experiences and identities outside of the traditional heteronormative frameworks, and we know even less about women of color (WOC) outside of these contexts. The discourse of patriarchy is often limited to white women’...

This research study examines the significance of education in the liberation of Indian women, specifically analysing its representation in 21st-century Indian women’s novels. The research investigates the function of education as an instrument of empowerment, allowing women to confront conventional gender stereotypes, affirm their uniqueness, and p...

This paper investigates one sub-topic within a right-wing extremist (RWE) movement in India-love jihad, a conspiracy created by Hindutva nationalists alleging that Muslims forcefully convert Hindu women to Islam with allurements of love. Love jihad narratives and digital dissemination tactics serve a nation-building, patriarchal and vote-seeking fu...

This paper examines the role of state power in limiting the Nigerian Women's Movement (WMN) during the 1950s, focusing on the challenges faced by women activists in their pursuit of empowerment and gender equality. The study explores the historical context of women's marginalization in Nigeria, shaped by cultural practices and British colonialism,...

Eileen Changs debut work The First Incense Burner vividly depicts the tragic transformation of Ge Weilong from an innocent student into a socialite, exposing the alienation and degradation of human nature under the influence of materialism and desire. This novella not only serves as Changs incisive dissection of her contemporary society, but also e...

The drama Woman Talking has many feminist values can be found, especially about gender equality, women’s freedom, and moving away from patriarchy. The values shown in this film are already being practiced today, where women and men are seen as equals in terms of rights and opportunities. These important ideas inspire writers to explore them more de...

This essay responds to Carroll’s The Nature of Horror from the perspective of transdisciplinary phenomenological film theory, largely developed by Edgar Morin in the 1950s. It argues that Carrolls’s reduction of the phenomenological value of horror films to an unreal category minimizes and even dismisses the inherent value of horror films. Morin, A...

This paper examines the portrayal of subaltern women and their resistance against patriarchal and socio-cultural constraints in Indira Goswami’s ‘The Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tusker’ and Anita Desai’s ‘Fire on the Mountain’ Through a postcolonial and feminist lens, it analyzes how Goswami and Desai depict marginalized female characters—widows and i...

Tender is the Flesh (originale title: Cadáver Exquisito is a dystopian novel written in 2017. Argentinian author Agustina Bazterrica imagined a world where cannibalism is legal but disguised. After a pandemic that led to the extermination of animals, society began the “transition” to the “special meat”: human meat. The first “specimens” to be selec...

According to Cultural Betrayal Trauma Theory, Black women and girl survivors face harm from in-group betrayal and (intra)cultural pressure to keep violence within the community. This study sought to expand this theory by questioning if this pressure may also be (inter)cultural: if long held racial stereotypes stemming from White Supremacy, rape myt...

This study aims to conceptualize cyberfeminism as a tool for providing visibility to Black Feminism. Accordingly, we present the gender and racial issues involved, along with cyberfeminism and its potential to alter the position of Black women in the world, through the use of media by Black Feminism.

Bangladeshi author Syed Manzoorul Islam's 2013 novel Shakuner Dana (Wings of the Vulture) offers a critique of (mal) development practices that do not take into cognizance the environmental impact underpinning them. The guiding principle of such development initiatives is profit-making at any costs. Globalisation in its various avatars promotes an...

In the midst of the ever-increasing digital wave, social media has revolutionised the way we communicate, spread ideas and voice our aspirations. Instagram, as one of the leading platforms, is not only a platform for visual expression, but also a strategic arena to spread deep social values. Among them, feminism, as a movement that promotes women's...

Background Domestic violence (DV) is the most common form of violence against women with the most social, psychological and economic consequences. Various factors affect DV against women. Several studies were conducted in Iran, each of which focused on a part or level of factors affecting DV. Therefore, this scoping review was conducted to determin...

This essay examines the concept of the “Asiatic Black Man” as mapped out by African American intellectuals from Langston Hughes’s perspective. Challenging the extant academic interpretation of Hughes’s Central Asian narrative as “Black Atlantic,” this essay proposes “Brown Afro-American Eurasianism” as a new theoretical framework for analyzing Hugh...

This article analyzes the relationship between homosexual sons and their mothers in Almodóvar's films, a dynamic developed from their shared suffering under the patriarchy as depicted in the films Pain and Glory (2019) and What have I done to deserve this? (1984). There is agreement in these dynamics as to how these two marginalized groups must nav...

This study critically examines the media representation of gender-based violence against women (GBVAW) in Nigeria. Using feminist critical discourse analysis (FCDA), it analyzes 30 discourses which are referred to as news articles and editorials from leading Nigerian newspapers namely the Sun, the Guardian, and, the Punch newspapers, published betw...

This paper shows how patriarchy destroyed Medea’s life in Euripides’ Medea. Medea was a strong and loving woman. She helped her husband Jason and left everything for him. But Jason betrayed her and married another woman. The society did not care about Medea’s pain. Women had no power, and men could do whatever they wanted. This made Medea very sad...

Resumo: O presente estudo visa analisar o impacto do acesso ao ensino superior na emancipação e resistência das mulheres indígenas frente às estruturas coloniais e patriarcais. A pesquisa adotou uma abordagem qualitativa, fundamentada em análises documentais e aportes bibliográficos. O estudo identificou que o ingresso às academias científicas repr...

This article examines the 1964 interim constitutions of Egypt, Iraq, and Syria as markers of a two-decade-long shift in Arab constitutional design—moving from individual liberal rights toward a new regional social contract centered on social rights. The vision of a progressive society rested on two principles of collective welfare: solidarity—expre...

The widespread and sudden emergence of Generation Z in recent Iranian protests and movements, especially in the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement, has made this generation the focus of attention of policymakers and researchers. The characteristics and characteristics of Generation Z and its differences and distinctions from other generations in Iran...

Rape myths have been present in India throughout history and have been used to justify the violence and atrocities against women. The authors of this study worked with rape victims as part of a law enforcement project and witnessed rape myths during the trial and sentencing of the victims. The paper describes the different rape myths and their orig...

Over the centuries, women have been marginalised by the patriarchal society. They are associated with some societal roles that are expected only from women such as motherhood, affection, and housework. For this reason, acting against the social expectations is considered as a threat by patriarchy. Thus, these nonconformist women are expelled or lab...

This paper examines the phenomena of belonging, being, and becoming through the lens of migration, displacement, and identity reconfiguration, focusing on Bapsi Sidhwa’s novel, The Bride. It explores the protagonist Munni/Zaitoon's shifting identities against the backdrop of partition-induced migration, gendered experiences, and the complex negotia...

The impacts of climate change are inequitable and gendered and women in the Global South bear disproportionate burden of the climate crisis. This holds especially true for women who are poor and disadvantaged due to different intersectional vulnerabilities. These gender inequities, perpetuated by the climate crisis, need to be seen in context of th...

Violence against women in Saudi Arabia is rooted in decades-long practices of marginalization, deprivation, and discrimination against women, making them vulnerable to domestic, community, and state violence. This violence is exacerbated first by a patriarchal culture that appoints men as guardians of women's lives and justifies violence against th...

Gender equality remains a crucial global concern, and in the context of the Middle East, it emerges as both a complex challenge and a strategic opportunity. This article examines the multifaceted landscape of gender equality across Middle Eastern societies by analyzing cultural, legal, political, and economic barriers while highlighting reformative...

Gender equality remains a crucial global concern, and in the context of the Middle East, it emerges as both a complex challenge and a strategic opportunity. This article examines the multifaceted landscape of gender equality across Middle Eastern societies by analyzing cultural, legal, political, and economic barriers while highlighting reformative...

It is important to understand that masculinity is commonly seen as any attribution to men, which gives way to the generation of different masculinities. In Mexico there are studies that allow us to visualize the situation regarding the attitudes towards masculinities that exist today, so it is important to know the attitudes that exist regarding th...

Instagram texts need to be analyzed from a multimodal perspective because a large part of it on this social media platform is conveyed to the audience through images. The multimodal critical discourse analysis approach, like others, focuses on power and ideology concepts, as well as the context involved in text production and at the same time, due...

Contemporary South African feminist knowledge on inequality in male-dominated workplaces is largely produced from the patriarchal and heteronormative standpoint that emphasizes the oppression of women and privileged positions of heterosexual men. While acknowledging the unwarranted subordination of women in workplaces, this paper challenges the pre...

Gender equality remains a crucial global concern, and in the context of the Middle East, it emerges as both a complex challenge and a strategic opportunity. This article examines the multifaceted landscape of gender equality across Middle Eastern societies by analyzing cultural, legal, political, and economic barriers while highlighting reformative...

Gender equality remains a crucial global concern, and in the context of the Middle East, it emerges as both a complex challenge and a strategic opportunity. This article examines the multifaceted landscape of gender equality across Middle Eastern societies by analyzing cultural, legal, political, and economic barriers while highlighting reformative...

Gender equality remains a crucial global concern, and in the context of the Middle East, it emerges as both a complex challenge and a strategic opportunity. This article examines the multifaceted landscape of gender equality across Middle Eastern societies by analyzing cultural, legal, political, and economic barriers while highlighting reformative...

Misogynistic attitudes, rooted in patriarchal culture, contribute to gender inequality and gender-based violence. This study examines the link between misogynistic attitudes in adulthood and perceived family support for patriarchal culture during childhood and adolescence among Polish adults, with a focus on the moderating roles of current family i...

Deepa Mehta, Indo-Canadian director’s Fire was released in 1996. The film is the first among her trilogy. It is influential because of her representation of a same-sex relationship in a traditional Indian society of that period of time. This research paper investigates how women’s bodies function as sites of cultural inscriptions in Fire. Fire reta...

Gender equality remains a crucial global concern, and in the context of the Middle East, it emerges as both a complex challenge and a strategic opportunity. This article examines the multifaceted landscape of gender equality across Middle Eastern societies by analyzing cultural, legal, political, and economic barriers while highlighting reformative...

Gender equality remains a crucial global concern, and in the context of the Middle East, it emerges as both a complex challenge and a strategic opportunity. This article examines the multifaceted landscape of gender equality across Middle Eastern societies by analyzing cultural, legal, political, and economic barriers while highlighting reformative...

Gender equality remains a crucial global concern, and in the context of the Middle East, it emerges as both a complex challenge and a strategic opportunity. This article examines the multifaceted landscape of gender equality across Middle Eastern societies by analyzing cultural, legal, political, and economic barriers while highlighting reformative...

Gender equality remains a crucial global concern, and in the context of the Middle East, it emerges as both a complex challenge and a strategic opportunity. This article examines the multifaceted landscape of gender equality across Middle Eastern societies by analyzing cultural, legal, political, and economic barriers while highlighting reformative...

Gender equality remains a crucial global concern, and in the context of the Middle East, it emerges as both a complex challenge and a strategic opportunity. This article examines the multifaceted landscape of gender equality across Middle Eastern societies by analyzing cultural, legal, political, and economic barriers while highlighting reformative...

Women’s involvement in terrorism has become a pressing concern globally, with increasing numbers of women participating in terrorist activities, including combat, suicide bombings and recruitment. This paper examined the roles and motivations of women in selected terrorist organizations, including Hamas, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Boko Haram. A critical a...

In the intersection of gender, religion, and power, women across faith traditions are challenging the structures that have historically placed them in subordinate roles within their religious communities. The article explores how women have fought against patriarchal structures in the name of faith, pushing the boundaries of religious practices, do...

प्रस्तुत अध्ययन अम्बिका अर्यालको अविश्रान्त उपन्यासमा नारी स्वतन्त्रता अध्ययनसँग सम्बन्धित रहेको छ । नारीहरूमाथि हुने शोषण, दमनको विरोद गर्दै नारी हक, हितका पक्षमा वकालत गर्ने अवधारणमा आधारित वाद नारीवाद हो । यस उपन्यासमा के कस्तो नारी स्वतन्त्रता रहेको छ भन्ने प्राज्ञिक समस्या समाधान गर्नु नै यस अध्ययनको मुख्य उद्देश्य हो । यस अध्ययनबाट अविश्रान्त...

Gender equality remains a crucial global concern, and in the context of the Middle East, it emerges as both a complex challenge and a strategic opportunity. This article examines the multifaceted landscape of gender equality across Middle Eastern societies by analyzing cultural, legal, political, and economic barriers while highlighting reformative...

Gender equality remains a crucial global concern, and in the context of the Middle East, it emerges as both a complex challenge and a strategic opportunity. This article examines the multifaceted landscape of gender equality across Middle Eastern societies by analyzing cultural, legal, political, and economic barriers while highlighting reformative...

Migration has been a historical process shaping social structure like caste and class relations, patriarchy and family. Globally, colonialism promoted slave trade and indentured labour followed by immigration to the western world. In the context of India, the migration and mobility has been institutionally denied to the lower castes, and the freedo...

This study investigates the psychological implications of trauma and abuse, focusing on Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer and Lara Brown’s Once Upon Our Childhood. Using Cathy Caruth’s Trauma Theory as a theoretical framework, the research explores how adverse childhood experiences shape human behavior and contribute to mental heal...

This article explores the enduring influence of Shakespeare’s female characters on modern literature and gender studies. It highlights how characters like Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, and Desdemona have been reinterpreted in contemporary literature and drama to reflect evolving views on gender roles, female agency, and power dynamics. The article discuss...

This paper explores the sexual identity of Gauri, a radical character in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland. Gauri’s copulation with a woman named Lorna clarifies her lesbian self and her parting from her parents, in-law’s house, husband, and even her own daughter, and finally, avoidance of traditional responsibilities of motherhood specifies her separati...

Child sexual abuse (CSA) perpetrated by females is as or more damaging to survivors as male-perpetrated abuse, and particular liabilities and challenges accrue to male victims of female CSA in our masculinist, heteropatriarchial culture. Congruent with the classical psychoanalytic idea that children harbor innate incestuous desire for caregivers, m...

In Indonesia, rivers, crucial for clean water, currently face alarming pollution. Unfortunately, women, key in ensuring water quality, lack opportunities. This study aims to depict the state of the Citarum River, women's involvement, and propose ways for women to optimize their role in managing domestic waste for river restoration. Using qualitativ...

Many states that have legalized recreational cannabis in the last decade have done so with social equity in mind. So-called “cannabis social equity” programs in those states primarily aim to rectify the harms of discriminatory enforcement of cannabis laws before legalization, but they also pursue a broad vision of diversity in cannabis business own...

The short story ‘Istri Prajurit’ by Nh. Dini is one of the Indonesian literary works that reflects the values of feminism through the characters Ningsih and Aku. This research aims to analyze three indicators of feminism, namely discrimination, emancipation, and women's power, using a descriptive qualitative approach that integrates literature stud...

The paper elaborates on the existing and available reproductive rights and choices to women in India and the deprivation and negligence still faced by women in the sphere of reproductive and sexual autonomy. Though rights in the reproductive sphere are relatively new to India, India has made significant progress in this concerned field when compare...

The purpose of this article is to reveal the signs that exist in the novel in terms of moral values and the form of women's struggle according to the content of the story of a novel by Hanan Al-Shayky entitled Hikayat Zahra. In the story, Zahra represents a woman who lives under social and patriarchal pressures that limit her freedom. Through Zahra...

The present article interrogates the evolving status of women in Indian society through a multidimensional lens encompassing mythology, history, literature, cinema, and policy interventions. Drawing on cultural archetypes of the divine feminine, the article traces women’s representation from the Vedic age to the postmodern period, emphasizing both...

This study aims to analyze three key dimensions: the historical-cultural approach, theo-logical interpretations, sociological analyses, and narratives, with a particular emphasis on the Old Testament and gender asymmetry in the creation myth, as well as the Apostle Paul’s teachings on women. The historical-cultural approach seeks to investigate the...

This article examines the societal stigma and marginalization of unmarried women in Palestinian society, with a particular focus on the concept of ‘anūsa (spinsterhood). Drawing on qualitative data from two Palestinian Facebook groups, Ask the Girls of Palestine and Strong Independent Women, the study analyzes posts and comments from 50 participant...

This study examines how the Israeli adaptation of Ninja Warrior reinforces hegemonic masculinity while adopting elements of new masculinities. Through a thematic analysis of 30 episodes, the research reveals how the show glorifies male physical superiority, integrates militaristic imagery, and subtly reproduces male dominance under the guise of inc...

Against the backdrop of the litany of arguments and criticisms by film scholars and film theorists about the stereotypical and grossly negative representation of women in Nollywood narratives, there is the necessity to X-ray the construction of women in indigenous language films, especially those considered as blockbusters. Anikulapo (dir. Kunle Af...

The paper explores Mitra Phukan’s (1953-) The Collector’s Wife (2005) through an ecofeminist lens, examining the interconnections between women's oppression and environmental degradation. It is set against the political unrest in Assam during the 1970s and 80s, and analyses how the novel intertwines the female character Rukmini’s internal conflict,...