Handmaid's Tale Context: Feminism
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- There are three types of Feminism:
- Handmaids Tale Context: Feminism
- Waves of Feminism:
- 1st Wave
- The Suffragettes were founded in 1867 to fight against legal obstacles of equality (e.g voting rights.
- Women were allowed to vote in 1928
- In 1923, women were allowed to divorce
- 2nd Wave
- Female Ford workers strike for equal pay (1968) and reproductive rights (Abortion and contraception made legal in some cases in 1976.)There was also the Equal Pay Act of 1976.
- Atwood wrote Handmaid's Tale in order to remind woman not to become complacent in their plight for equality
- The aunts take some of the aims of 1984 feminism, like anti-**** campaign and greater safety from sexual assault and twisting them to use for their own advantage
- This is an abuse of their power and links to dystopian conventions
- 3rd Wave
- Began in the 90s- a bigger focus put on the differences between woman e.g women of colour/LGBT women.
- In 1994 **** within marriage was made illegal.
- In 1999 it was made illegal to discriminate against transgender people.
- In 2002, LGBT couples were allowed to adopt.
- In 2013, same-sex marriage was allowed.
- 1st Wave
- How can you tell if a text is feminist?
- One way is by using the Bechdel Test (1985):
- The test asks whether a work of fiction features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man
- The requirement that the two women must be named is sometimes added.
- Films that failed the Bechedel Test:
- The Avengers
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- The entire LOTR Trilogy
- The test asks whether a work of fiction features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man
- One way is by using the Bechdel Test (1985):
- How feminism began to influence literature:
- Started by responding to traditional ideas about women in education and literature
- Moved on to promoting female writers such as George Elliot (18919-1880)
- People began to think critically about literature and the way that men dominated the majority of stories
- "Take Back the Night," 1970s-Present Day.
- Women angry at how common it was for them to be attacked during the night.
- They wished to regain this time as a time when they were able to feel safe.
- Early Take Back the Night events include a protest in San Francisco against *********** in 1978
- The first rally took place in Philadelphia
- Women angry at how common it was for them to be attacked during the night.
- Waves of Feminism:
- Radical Feminism
- Liberal Feminism
- Marksist Feminism
- Handmaids Tale Context: Feminism
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