Gender Study Introduction Both male and female genders are an equally important factor for the continued existence of the human race. However, over the years, there has been a lot of stereotyping and discrimination against the female gender. In recent years, the impact of this stereotyping has reduced, but its effectsare still evident in certain aspects of the different societies around the world. For example, in regions of Africa and Asia mostly, women have continued to be perceived as a less superior gender compared to the male counterpart. Historically, factors such as education and leadership were seen as more important to male people than in female people. Denial of equal opportunity in leadership uses a gender-biased language that discriminates against women, and sexual assaults and harassment are factors that hinder gender equality worldwide.   Women Emancipation Over the years, women have been thought of as people who are not fit to lead. It is for this reason that most of the governments and institutions have had male leaders. The few women that have held a leadership position in companies and…

Analysis of Gender in Thelma and Louise Introduction In every film, characters are portrayed differently depending on their roles, gender, position, among other variables. Depending on the type of film, characters are defined by the role they play. For example, in some movies, women are portrayed as primitive, or objects and men are portrayed as active and responsible, among others. In some films, some forms of gender, more specifically women, are underestimated. In cinema, there exists sexual imbalance and, therefore, the pleasure that results from looking resulted in a division of active/male and passive/ female (Laura Mulvey, 1975). Generally, women are portrayed as the weaker sex as compared to men. They are represented as passive and dependent on men. Men are described as active and entangled in relationships and housework. This paper aims to analyze the gender in the movie Thelma and Louise, directed by Ridley Scott, which talks about how women are represented and how they are judged as passive members of society. The film Thelma, And Louise is a feminist film about two women Thelma and Louise, and…

Marxist Feminist theory  Feminism is a social concerned with women’s rights, aiming to point out and condemn their suffrage. It believes that men hold all positions of power and authority. Feminism believes that in a patriarchal world, women have no rights or powers .This Marxist feminism focuses on the dismantling about capitalism aiming to liberate women in the society (MacKinnon, p.600).Marxist feminism it shows that economic inequality, political confusion having dependence, ultimately unhealthy social relations between women and men are the root of women’s oppression in the current social context. According to Marxist feminism points out the role of capitalism in the oppression of women.Economic structure feminism (MacKinnon, p.530). Women’s rights Equality and Inequality refers to the condition of being unequal, lack of justice or disparity in a particular state. Gender inequality alludes to unequal treatment or view of people in light of their sexual orientation. It emerges from contrasts in socially built sexual orientation parts. Sex frameworks are regularly dichotomous and progressive. Sexual orientation double structures may mirror the disparities that show in various measurements of a day by…

Lysistrata Lysistrata is a comedy written which contains the various comic word to describe multiple events in the comedy. As for the play, it has uses in numerous ways in which is seen not only illustrating various aspects but also can be used in the modern political understanding in politics. The Lysistrata is a comic view which illustrates women’s role in the family as well as in society. The play also shows the classical force and the emergence of the Oligarchy of Athens.  It concentrates its view on women’s contribution to society and their political aspects. The context of Lysistrata plays a significant importance in feminist movements. This movement falls under the roles in which the women play in this play in society. The movement reinforces by the sex idea gives a valid reason for how this play enhances feminism based on the era in which the play was created. The feminist movement would be hard to impose. Humor imposed on what the play makes fun of the need for women to have men around, and their desperate nature has…

Introduction to Korea through film The Host is a story about a monster living in a river, the Han River in downtown Seoul that emerges from the river to attack an economically disabled family, the Park family. It snatches a girl, Hyun Seo, Gang-du’s young daughter, after which the Korean government offers to help the family by using the states resources (Choi, p.13). As a result of the little girl’s disappearance, the family and all others people who have had contact with the monster are quarantined to prevent its deadly virus from spreading. But their seclusion ends when the girl’s father receives a phone call from her daughter whom together with a homeless boy has been taken hostage by the monster. This causes the whole family to break out of the hospital and this becomes the beginning of a search, which is heroic and at the same time humorous, to recover the girl (Elsaesser, p.44). The humor besides making the film interesting in a way captures several serious matters both political as well as social; from the way the government…

Exposing information People are born with special and unique characters concerning recreation and how complication is developed within a period. Some of them build complications at their young age other at their old age to explore many things or complexity inheritance. Been manufacture, revealing the message won’t be a good idea. The stand is based on various issues, which a few will be explained. Findings have not established any sample prove, and results from a small example might be untenable. It’s an accountability and responsibility to inform all the customers about the side chicks in association with the drug manufactured. It’s the responsibility of the manufacturer to make sure users don’t have trust issues concerning the medicines manufactured. In this situation, the research has been done initially. It’s not good for the manufacturers to expose the findings of the investigation. This is because the results do not have any proof concerning the truth of the drugs. Therefore, revealing the information is not reasonable based on the explanation above. Exposing information can also cause losing jobs. It’s painful for someone to…

Annotated Bibliography on the spread of true and false news online Vosoughi, Soroush, Deb Roy, and Sinan Aral. “The spread of true and false news online.” Science 359.6380 (2018): 1146-1151. The report acknowledges the fact that lies spread way faster than the truth, hence the concern over fake news and its overall influence in people’s social, economic and political well-being. This report aimed at understanding how false news is spread in the social media platform, especially twitter by taking into account rumours spread from 2006 to 2017. While social media happens to be critical in many people’s lives in regards to the spread and access to information, Vosoughi et. al. admits that little is known on their resulting contribution in the spread of rumours and falsity online. Therefore, this report answers two important questions; how do truth and falsity diffuse differently? What factors of human judgment explains these differences? Notably, the report refrains from the term fake news and this is attributed to the polarization as in today’s media and political climate where news sources that do not support such politicians are…

Second-wave Feminism. The Second Wave Feminism, which is previously referred to as the Women’s Liberation Movement, began its activities in 1960 and lasted till the late 1980s. The movement focused on many inequalities and favoritism based on sexism, as will be highlighted later; however, their main concern was discrimination against women and gender inequality. These feminist ideologies and activities took root in the United States before the western world adopted and joined the movement (Shorrocks & Rosalind 2016). This essay will be covering the Second Wave Movement’s thoughts on the equality in payment and employment opportunities and the steps taken to overcome this. Also, it will reflect on some of their activities as well as the progress they made on advocating for the rights of women and most importantly in the employment sector According to Heywood & Leslie stated that The Second-wave movement advocated for equal rights in the family, their reproductive rights such as the legalization of abortion, and also legal inequality (2006). During this period, Feminists stated that abuse in a marital setting should not be considered by…

Child Sexualization in Media American Psychological Association classifies sexualization as the act of objectifying an individual as an object for sex through exploiting their physical attributes and looks (Dewar). Therefore talking of child sexualization means using children for these actions. These acts should never occur to a child or even to an adult individual. Nevertheless, modern society seems to have widely accepted these acts. Most channels get used with the most proficient one being the media using various programs such as movies and even songs. The paper studies the use of media in child sexualization and its implications to the children and society. Mainly girls become the most sexualized children, but also the boys in modern society are becoming more significantly involved in the act due to the diverse sexualities in the community. Most of the girls admire the beautiful adults they see in the movie and dream of becoming beauty pageants (Bartlett). For instance, girls get to believe that through their use of the body, they can manipulate men and get what they want. They get involved in these…

The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory is one of the most popular television shows. This popular Sitcom has evolved from geek boys to original and robust female characters. The film is unique, given that it revolves around the daily lives of scientists. During its premiere in 2007, the film revolved around Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstader and their friends, Raj Koothrappali and Howard Wolowitz. Over the seasons, the show received a lot of support from the fans for its focus on unsexy stories, such as STEM research and daily activities of scientists. The Season Finale of this longest Sitcom in the last ten years aired on the television this year, attracting millions of viewers. What remains after this Sitcom are hard questions on the narrative regarding females and their representation in the media. A feminist scholar watching would argue that the film reflects supports and creates a system of unequal gendered power that places STEM men above women. Feminism, as a political project, aims to explore the different ways society disempowers or empowers male and women. There has…