The History of Gender Inequalities and the History of Female Struggle against Male Subjugation
| Autor: | Saptorshi Das, Arindam Modak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science. 19:23-30 |
| ISSN: | 2279-0837 2279-0845 |
| Popis: | What is feminism? Is it an outburst or outcry against male-perpetrated atrocities on women? Or is it just the right of a woman to live as she wants to live, by her own ethics and values, as far as she causes no harm, physical or emotional, to anybody? Or is feminism just a chronological narrative of the movements and ideologies that define, establish and defend equal political, economic and social rights for women? Where do the roots of the struggles for women’s liberation lie? Who are the ones who are globally known for their fight against the injustice women are subjected to? This paper traces the roots of gender bias and throws light on the role and status of women down the ages all over the world. At the same time, it also brings to limelight independent women who have always existed in society and who never believed in gender inequality – Sappho, Christine de Pera, Aphra Behn, Olympe de Gorges, Mary Wollstonecraft, Sojourner Truth, to name a few. Marx and Engels viewed the liberation sought by these women and others as part of the socialist revolution. From BC to AD, the strife for equality continues. But there is still a long way to go, as this paper highlights, before society can claim itself unbiased towards the genders, and women can live a tranquil existence. |
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