Feminism and Post Feminism

Name :- Zala Krutikadevi. D

Paper :- 8 . The Cultural Studies

Sem :- 2

Roll no:- 17

Topic :- Feminism and Post Feminism

Submitted to :- Smt. S.B. Gardi

                       Department of English

                       M.K. Bhavnagar University.


Introduction :- 

  We all know that from past till today there are many problems regarding women rights and their position in society. In society the character of women is always being as a victim by men in everyday. These major problems called a matter of " Feminism ".

Feminism is a collection of movements for women in society also ideologies aimed at defining , establishing and defending equal political , economic and social rights and positions for women.
Feminism gives opportunities for women in education and employment. A person who supports the rights and equality of women is called " Feminist ".

Feminism and Post Feminism :-

As per enforce all relationship between men and women feminism can be defined as a social,cultural,political movement to response women's lives,interest,bodies and sexuality.During

the 1970s -" Feminist theory " emerged with works such as Kate Millett's sexual politics.

With the 1980 and 1990 we have a idea of post feminism. Women and women body more appear in different types of advertisements in T.v and also in magazines. In those types of advertisements are not represent only the matter of any product but also a beauty of women is also appear.After than it become a matter of rape,sexuality and harassment.

There seems to be an implicit connection between two commodities :-

1. the consumer product

2. the beautiful women 

Both are the objects products and women and can be acquired to add to the status of the male buyer.sometimes it also happens that many owners of valuable products are constructed by male candidate and they select a perfect female model for their product.

Examples :-

All these examples of any products show us a matter of feminism and post feminism.

Critical note on Feminism :-

There is a matter of women's identity and respect which is never separate but it is subsumed under that of men. In society there is a power line and struggle between Men and Women.There is a matter of "Text" means - cinema , poetry , advertisement and magazines. Women and their identity as weak/ vulnerable , obstacle ,sexual object of men's desire all kinds of representation is shown by women as per an object or subject in an advertisement.

The women is type cast as " Mother Nature " and  " Mother Earth ", her role of a  " Giver " to the society.

In society women have different types of personalities like wife , daughter , house wife etc... For the women within the family " work " and ," life "had collapsed into one another. House wives have many work and responsibilities of maintaining the emotional the psychological realm of personal relations and of preserving the morality and tradition of the family.

Cyber feminism is an age of heavily media-driven technology and globalized network society.Cyber feminism is a link which is connected with feminism and work of feminist.It is group of people called Cyber feminist group , the VNS have projects and networks both on and off the net. It has reference against female body process and it's aim is that to employ specifically of techno cultural production.

According to Cultural Studies Feminism shows the position of women in society. Women is always a secondary figure , an object and male is always main muster over women who can choose her as per the situation and also use of women.

Thank you.. )