Essays on Feminism

Carol Ann Duffy’s “The World’s Wife” is a set of dramatic monologues mostly devoted to representing the undervalued, neglected and silenced feminine perspectives from original historical and mythical stories. “Circe” and “Little Red-Cap” are poems from the above-mentioned collection. The female speakers in the poems...

Between the clichés of a love story and a fairytale, the film Shrek through the feminist lens shows defiance against male patriarchy, female weakness and self-acceptance issues through Fiona as the storyline follows. Despite Shrek’s wishes to not follow a fairy tale type of storyline...

This essay will investigate the ways in which the film Shrek, engages with feminism and feminist theory. It is evident that the film supports the feminist movement through the presentation of the characters Fiona and Dragon. Director Mike Myers illustrates the females in the film...

Music has been used as a medium of self-expression. Adams et. al. , (2006) argued that music reflects the cultural and political environment from which it is born. The emergence of rap music became an aesthetic cultural expression of experiences of marginalization, brutality, and oppression...

Misogyny can be traced to greek mythology while chauvinism originates from france in the early 19th century. Misogyny in greek mythology is shown by Pandora, the first woman made by Zeus who carried a box that unleashed evils. This woman was created to punish mankind....

One of the most prominent things we learn about women in history is how they usually did not have the same rights as men. Women were expected to stay home and take care of the house, the children, and their husbands while men got educations,...

This paper will explore the themes of sexism and misogyny in popular culture through an examination of the lyrics of Jason Derulo’s hit single Swalla. The U. S has a culture where the promotion of male dominance and female submission is normal, where it is...