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Comm1312: Writing and Research

Section #206

Dr. Runna Alghazo

Name: Huda Alzamil.

ID: 201300783

Major: finance.

Topic: feminism.

Assignment#6: final draft.

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Table of Contents

Research Proposal ....................................................................................................................................... 4

Introduction: ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Research questions: ................................................................................................................................ 5
Research thesis: ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Research importance: ............................................................................................................................. 5
Methodology: ........................................................................................................................................... 6
Important definitions: ............................................................................................................................ 6
Literature Review ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Introduction: ........................................................................................................................................... 7
The difference between how people viewed feminism then and now: ................................................ 7
Objectives of feminism: .......................................................................................................................... 8
The movement to scatter equality all around the world: .................................................................... 9
The expected future for feminism: ...................................................................................................... 10
Conclusion: ............................................................................................................................................ 10
Results ........................................................................................................................................................ 11
The results of the first research question: .......................................................................................... 11
What is the difference between how people viewed feminism then and now? ................................ 11
The results of the second research question ....................................................................................... 12
What are the objectives of feminism? ................................................................................................. 12
The results of the third research question .......................................................................................... 12
What is the movement to scatter feminism around the world? ........................................................ 12
The results of the last research question ............................................................................................. 13
What is the expected future for feminism? ......................................................................................... 13
Discussion .................................................................................................................................................. 15
The discussion of the first research question. ..................................................................................... 15
What is the difference between how people viewed feminism then and now? ................................ 15
The discussion of the second research question. ................................................................................ 15
What are the objectives of feminism? ................................................................................................. 15
The discussion of the third research question. ................................................................................... 16
What is the movement to scatter feminism around the world? ........................................................ 16
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The discussion of the last research question. ...................................................................................... 17

What is the expected future for feminism? ......................................................................................... 17
Conclusion: ............................................................................................................................................ 18
References:................................................................................................................................................. 19
Appendix: .................................................................................................................................................. 21
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Research Proposal

Introduction:

We say to girls you can have ambition but not too much, you should aim to be

successful but not too successful otherwise you will threaten the man. We raise girls to see each

others competitors not for jobs or for accomplishments which I think it would be a good thing,

but the attention for men said Chimanda Ngozi Adichie the famous Nigerian feminist and

author. Feminism or being a feminist is misunderstood by the societies and the world in general,

even though people are more educated now about feminism and its activities, in fact Anne-

charlotte (2014) stated in her book that 58% of the world population conceder themselves

feminists, and actually 4% of them are men (Anne- charlotte, 2014).

Feminism started in America in 1960 by a women called Bitty Fiedan who wrote a book

that was titled the feminine mystique that was talking about how women in the states

specifically had no jobs, no careers and even if they had a job the advances are impassable to

reach. In addition the book talked about how women in America get married at their 20s and

after marriage their only job is to take care of their husbands and their houses. Women back then

felt like they had no personalities, they felt like they were living for people other than

themselves.

Being a feminist is believing and understanding that the equality between the two genders

in every possible way is necessary and a must. Not like what people who are not educated

enough about feminism think about feminist women, they think that they are a group of women

who hate men or cannot get a man for themselves.

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Research questions:

1. What is the difference between how people viewed feminism then and now?

2. What are the objectives of feminism?

3. What is the movement to scatter feminism around the world?

4. What is the expected future for feminism?

Research thesis:

People used to view feminism and equality way different than they view it now. People

used to think that it is a taboo and offensive way for women everywhere to immorality and

whoredom. But nowadays people appreciate feminism and understand that it is a way to give

women respective positions in the society and in the world in general. Furthermore, the

objectives of feminism is to stop sexism and to provide a free life full of options for all the

women in the world, at least as free as mens lives. In addition one of the most important

feminism goals is to create a whole new world full of possibilities for females in particular and to

empower women everywhere. Moreover, womens rights movement is growing between young

women with the help of social media. Nowadays feminism is not about what women have been,

it is about how far women can go, and the future of womens rights is very promising because of

the modern education for women in all ages via books, magazines and social media.

Research importance:

The importance of this research is first of all to make women know the real meaning of

feminism and how much it will help women finding their own rights. The second importance

thing is to make people believe that boys and girls should be raised equally, being equal is not an

excuse for lack of respect from either. And the last importance is to motivate women to support
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and empower each other because feminism starts from women first before it is functioned by the

rest of the world.

Methodology:

To answer the research questions a survey was conducted with a contribution of 18

random people from different countries to know if people understand and support feminism and

if they will continue to pass it on for other generations. In addition the research was answered by

using academic articles, journals and websites. Also by using online books and PMUs ebrary.

Important definitions:

Feminism: organized movement that is creating an awareness for womens rights and

equality (Robinson, 2011).

Feminist: the person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the

sexes (Robinson, 2011).

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Literature Review

Introduction:

Feminism is supporting the idea of women performing their rights and fighting for it in

the grounds of economic, political and social equality to men. In addition, the supporters of the

idea of equality are increasing and rising everyday which makes the notion of feminists bigger

and more noticeable. Feminism started in the United States of America in 1960 by a womens

called Bitty Fiedan. According to Agnus (2013), women back in the days they were tired of

being treated as they were slaves for people other than themselves which made Fiedan initiate

the fighting for womens equality and wrote her feminist book the feminine mystique ( Agnus,

2013). However, feminism does not have be defined only by women. Men too can be feminists,

upholding the belief that every human, man or woman, should be treated equally. Anne-charlotte

(2014) stated in her book feminism is not stereotyping women, it includes men who stand up for

their mothers, sisters and wives (Anne- charlotte, 2014). Gender equality is not about women

wearing suits with no makeup on and trying to imitate men, it is about women who take care of

their children and family and at the same time being able to function in the society and reaching

their own goals, dreams and ambition.

The difference between how people viewed feminism then and now:

Peoples point of view about womens equality in many fields back in the days was much

different than their point of view now. According to Budget and Rickard (2011), when feminism

and women liberation first brought to the table people were sacred and terrified about the idea
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and the impact of it. Moreover, people started to ruin the feminism reputation by claiming that

feminists are women who are against men and their input in the society and they are trying to

abolish that from existence. Even some women who thought that feminism is what they are been

waiting for, they felt frightened to express their agreement and acceptance to the equality wave

because of the negative hype that was surrounded the movement of it (Budget, & Rickard, 2011).

Robinson (2014), indicated that people see and understand equality much better because of the

ways that feminism is being presented and the way of understanding the people have now a days.

In addition, societies needs much labor than ever to improve and develop the communities and

the public, which made the society appreciate more the effort and the hard work that females do

that is equal to the other genders effort and hard work, and proves that women not only can raise

generations, but they can improve a whole entire business as well (Robinson, 2011).

Objectives of feminism:

There are many objectives and goals that feminists all around the world are trying the

best they can to reach them and approach them. The most worked on objectives in the feminism

communities are equality and fairness in the society and in the work place, and empowering

females all around the world to achieve their visions and aspirations in life. Anne and Pestech

(2012), the feminist authors, state that equality for women in the society and work place is

progressed every single day all around the world by many devotees and believers in the issue,

and that is one of the main massive steps to attain feminism and women liberation from many

obstacles and difficulties that they can find in their way to accomplish and function what they

think is their roles in the civilization and society and becoming not only in advanced positions in

their jobs, but to run and lead the world and the mother planet (Anne and, & Pestech, 2012).

Yuval-Davis (1997) indicated that also one of the most inevitable objectives of female equality is
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to empower women all around the nation to make a change in the world and to make big

accomplishments that under womens names all around the world. Furthermore, women

empowerment is established when women support other women about the things that matter and

give a good name for female accomplishment in general. Feminists are making these changes not

only for themselves, but for their daughters and upcoming generation that if the changes did not

happen they will have to deal with sexist civilizations where ever they go to try building

themselves and careers (Yuval-Davis, 1997).

The movement to scatter equality all around the world:

According to Youder (2012), womens liberation started in the nineties and still tell now

active feminists are trying to spread it around the nations by two crucial moves. The first move is

to educate people about what the real purpose behind feminism which is all genders should be

treated equally no matter what the circumstances or policies are, not like what most people think

about equality which is to emasculate all men and destroy their power. Feminism is about

showing that women have power too (Youder, 2012). Kotzee (2013) indicated the psychological

effects of teaching and educating people about feminism and womens rights, the effects are

depended on peoples culture and the area that the live in. moreover, the effect can change from

one gender to another and that is why feminists should be very educated and informed about the

background of the person that they are educating and humanizing about what feminism is all

about ( Kotzee 2013). Youder (2012) also stated the second step in feminism which is

campaigning and protest to help the equality voice to be herd everywhere and to show the

dedication and the devotion that protestors who believe in women's rights and equal

opportunities have to make believes considered by the public and individuals and the believe that

they have against bigots who step in the womens way to prove themselves (Youder, 2012).
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The expected future for feminism:

The feminist experts and predictors are visioning a bright further coming future for

womens rights. Barnye and Rickard (2011) stated that with intelligent and specific stages that

feminists are taking and with the better understanding from people about feminism, the way of

feminism is almost ready to be taken and functioned. Furthermore, people are not ashamed of

expressing their thoughts and opinions as they used to be, people now are much understanding

and respective for others opinions and statements (Barnye, & Rickard, 2011). According to

Haslenger (2012), feminists are able to function more about their statement thanks to the social

media and the way that is now peoples thoughts and ideas are well-speeded and it takes less

time nowadays to send and conduct peoples (feminists in particularly) visions and notions,

which gives a vision about how the future of feminism will be wider and includes different

categories of people (Haslenger, 2012).

Conclusion:

In conclusion, feminism is about is about encouraging womens liberation and equality to

men for the sake of the economy, politics and society. However, people used to have conflict

with understand feminism back in the days, but now people understand feminism and womens

equality better than ever because of the advanced ways that feminism is brought and presented to

the world. Furthermore, feminists all around the world clarified and explained the objectives of

feminism which is equality in different fields with males and to empower womens ambitions

and determination to get to their ideal positions in life. And the way to spread feminists all

around the nation is by educating people about feminism and by demonstrating the equality

believes and raising their voices. And that what makes the future of feminism promising because

of the way that peoples opinions are being acknowledged thanks to the social media, also
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because of the level of understanding that people have nowadays about the individuals thoughts

and believes, that what make the future of feminism so bright.

Results

The results of the first research question:

What is the difference between how people viewed feminism then and now?

Budget and Rickard (2011) stated that the understanding of feminism was so messed up

at the beginning of its wave and people used to be afraid to even think about it because of the bad

reputation and standing that feminism used to have (Budget, & Rickard, 2011). However,

Robinson (2014) stated that people nowadays all around the world have better understanding

about feminism because of the ways that equality is being presented and because of the new

generation who is open-minded to other peoples believes. As a part of the research 18 random

people from different countries were surveyed about feminism and their knowledge about it and

weather they think that equality excites in different societies, 55% of the surveyed people said

yes they understand what the meaning of feminism (which is womens equality and rights) and

they are not afraid to consider themselves feminists, and on the other hand 30% of the surveyed

people said that they are not sure yet if they quite understand it, and the last 15% deny equality

and they think it is not necessary and it does not give women any potential rights.
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60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
people who understand people who do not know if people who deny it
feminism they under stand it or not

Figure (1): the percentages of people who understand feminism, dont know if they

understand it yet, and people who deny it.

The results of the second research question

What are the objectives of feminism?

According to Anne and Pestech (2012),The most important goal of feminism and women

liberation is equality in the work place and in the society in general and that is being developed

everyday by many supporters of feminism (Anne and, & Pestech, 2012). Also Yuval-Davis

(1997) stated that there is also an important goal of feminism which is women empowerment all

around the world and women supporting and backing up each other to increase womens

accomplishments (Yuval-Davis, 1997).

The results of the third research question

What is the movement to scatter feminism around the world?

To spread feminism and womens liberation all around the nation feminists need to

follow important steps. Youder (2012) stated that the first step is toward equality is to educate
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people about what feminism is all about and what is the real reason behind it and clarify all the

bad reputation behind womens equality (Youder, 2012). Moreover Kotzee (2013) indicated

feminists need to observe and learn about the psychological effects of learning about feminism

on people and their reaction to it, and that depends on different cultures and traditions (Kotzee

2013).

The results of the last research question

What is the expected future for feminism?

The impending future of feminism is promising because of the changes that are

happening in the societies and the better understanding of people for feminism. Furthermore, .

Barnye and Rickard (2011) stated that people are not afraid to express their opinions and

believes anymore and fighting for them (Barnye, & Rickard, 2011). In addition, social media

plays a big role in womens liberations present and future because of the way and the high speed

that peoples thoughts and statements (especially about feminism) are being spread around the

world, and that what makes the future of feminism bright and promising (Haslenger, 2012).

Furthermore, in the researchs survey that was conducted about feminism there was a question

that expected the future of equality which asks are you going to raise your children and treat

them equally no matter what the gender is and are you going to teach your children about

feminism and make them aspire to it?. 70% of the surveyed people answered yes, 3% answered

it depends on when it comes to this point, and 27% answered no.

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80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
yes it depends no

Figure (2): percent of yes, it depends and no in the survey question.

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Discussion

The discussion of the first research question.

What is the difference between how people viewed feminism then and now?

People used to be very conservative about feminism, they used to be afraid to even talk

about equality because of the miss understanding that womens liberation had back in the days.

According to Budget and Rickard (2011), people were terrified about feminism and they were

worried about the impact of it on the society and the religions. Feminism and womens liberation

had the reputation of women acting wild and not caring about demeanors and manners, and that

what made people trying to halt the gender equality movement (Budget, & Rickard, 2011).

However, people nowadays view feminism differently and that what the researchs survey

proved when it was asked do know what feminism is all about?, 55% answered yes, 30% said

that they are not sure yet, and 15% answered no. Robinson (2014) stated that today people

comprehend and appreciate feminism better than ever because of the advanced ways that

feminism is being taught and brought to the people which increased the level of understanding of

the people (Robinson, 2011). Moreover, societies nowadays need labor more than ever to

develop their countries and economies, and that what forced the societies to be educated more

about gender equality and start working on it to improve the whole nation.

The discussion of the second research question.

What are the objectives of feminism?

Feminists all around the world are trying to spread feminism to reach its goals. According

to Anne and Pestech (2012), one of the main goals of feminism and gender equality is to

established womens equality in the work place and in the society in general, and that objective
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is being worked on every day by feminists all around the nations to achieve it and to make the

societies benefit from it (Anne and, & Pestech, 2012). Achieving the aim of womens equality

would take females careers to the next level, not only in taking the main positions in their jobs,

but to run and take of the world. The other main goal of feminism is women empowerment and

females supporting each other. Yuval-Davis (1997) indicated that one of the main objectives of

feminism is women enablement and women backing up each other. Women should know and

realize that if they do not support and empower themselves and each other, no one will. (Yuval-

Davis, 1997). In addition, women empowerment increases females accomplishments and

achievements which gives a motivation for other females in the world to have their own

accomplishments.

The discussion of the third research question.

What is the movement to scatter feminism around the world?

In order to achieve feminism goals it needs to be scattered and spread in different

communities and cultures. Youder (2012) indicated that feminism needs to be extended by

educating people about the real purpose behind womens equality which is treating people the

same way no matter what the gender is or what the rules or policies are (Youder, 2012). In

addition, the wrong idea behind feminism which is underestimating men and extinguishing their

power needs to be erased and clarified to show and promote the real reason behind equality.

Another way to scatter feminism is to take in consideration the psychological elements of

teaching people about womens liberation and equality. Kotzee (2013) stated that in order to

spread womens liberation and feminism feminists need to be educated about the skills and ways

to teach people about feminism. In addition, feminists need to consider emotional effects that the

recipients may have and those effect are depended on the recipients background and
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environment (Kotzee 2013). Furthermore, feminists need to take their equality believes to

another level by campaigning and protesting with dedication and devotion to make their voices

and believes heard by the public and the sexist who stands on womens ways to success.

The discussion of the last research question.

What is the expected future for feminism?

There are positive expectations for the future of womens liberation and gender equality

that are expected by feminism experts, and those experts rely their prediction on the massive

intellectual steps that feminists are taking and the freedom that people have to express their

estimations. According to Barnye and Rickard (2011), people are not afraid to express their

opinions and thoughts anymore, meanwhile other people have to respect other peoples believes

and considers, and that is what makes feminism wider and ready to be taken and believed by

many people (Barnye, & Rickard, 2011). And that what the research survey also proved when it

was asked to 18 people about whether they will raise their children equally and whether if they

are going to teach them about feminism, 70% of the people answered yes they will, 3% answered

it depends on the time and when it gets to this point, and 27% answered no they will not. In

addition, social media plays a big part in gender equalitys future and it helped brighten other

debates as well. Haslenger (2012) stated that the social media opened many doors that helped

feminists to express and direct their statements because of the well-speeded way that peoples

opinions and thoughts are being blown out by the social media (Haslenger, 2012). And that what

gives feminists a vision about the future of feminism and how it will be wider and hopefully it

will include different classifications and types of people.

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Conclusion:

Feminism is being processed all around the world by devoted feminists, and that

occasioned to change from the bad thoughts that people used to have about feminism which is

womens immorality to the truth behind it which is gender equality and fighting for womens

rights. Moreover, feminism is being handled by feminists who believe in the objectives and the

goals of it which is equality in the work place and in the society in general and to empower

women to achieve and accomplish their goals. In order to reach these objective feminism needs

to be scattered around the world by humanizing people about feminism and the real reason

behind it and by protesting and raising the voice of equality. However, the future of feminism is

bright and promising because of the freedom that people have to express themselves with the

appreciations to the social media as well which what makes equalitys believes travel around the

nations. Feminism is about gender equality and womens liberation, it is not about women who

imitate men and wear suits with no makeup on, it is about being a beautiful feminine women

who has her own family that she takes care of, and at the same time she has her own job and she

is breaking the glass ceiling for herself and for the rest of women in the world.
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Appendix:

A survey to determent if people understand and support feminism and if they will continue

to pass it on for other generations.

Tick either yes, no, it depends or I do not know for the following questions

The answers will be kept private.

Question Yes No It Depends I do not

know

Do you understand the real meaning of

feminism which is equality and fairness

between both genders?

Are you anti-feminist?

Are you going to raise your kids equally no

matter what the gender is?

Are going to teach your kids about

feminism and equality?

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