Month: March 2013

Patriarchy and its Discourse

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Feminism and Virginia Woolf

Feminism and Virginia Woolf In the race of feminism, one of the great feminist writer was Virginia Woolf. She is the pioneer of the literature reflecting the women troubleanities, inequalities, gender and identities differences, femininity (ies) and masculinity (ies) with true pen. Earlier the women was represented by the male writer in literature, that is …

Femininity, Masculinity and Gender

FEMININITY AND MASCULINITY Femininity and Masculinity deals with the ideologies constructed socially with in a society on its ethnic,cultural and norms base. Following is the further elaboration of the both terms. Femininity It is a set of ideologies that develops socially and  forms womanly personality. This development remains continue from childhood to adulthood. It is …