Reading Class Action has reinforced for me the nature and prevalence of toxic masculinity in American society. Class Action relates the tales of women thrust into a male-dominated industry by necessity, then subjected to unrelenting and abusive harassment based solely on their gender. Lois Jensen’s attempts to get recourse by...

The subject of women's equality is one of the most consistent topics of debate in contemporary political discourse. While several people argue that a state has now been reached in which can be understood to experience an actually equal position within society, it is possible to claim that, when actually...

This term describes a female human adult. In different cultures, women have their place and roles to play. Their roles vary from regions as in some they are appreciated as the pillars in their families while in others they are considered as inferior (Bradley, 2006). This study is based on...

It is possible to read Marge Piercy's poem “A Work of Artifice” as a meditation on how women are subjugated in a patriarchal society, in so far as the symbol of the bonsai tree corresponds to the status of the female within the context of male hegemony. Namely, Piercy's imagery...

Islamic feminism is a recent concept fueled by a new movement coming from within the religion itself. In the past, discussions of feminism in the context of Islam have focused on the juxtaposition of these two forces. Put more simply, people who discussed feminism and Islam in the past have...