The Variety of Feminisms and their Contributions to Gender Equality by

There ar many branches of womens liberationistic theorems. As Judith Lorber wrote in her article, The Variety of Feminisms and their Contributions to gender Equality womens liberationist denominations arose from different views, making many contributions to purify womens status. Lorber discusses the views of, gender renew feminisms, gender resistant feminisms, and gender revolution feminisms(1) etcetera, all which have fought to improve womens rights. Though there are many different aspects of covering feminism, writer and contributor of owl.purdue.edu, Allen Brizee suggests that the main ideology that holds those aspects together is the oppression of women in general. Though, it is when talking about male dominance, womens resistance, and womens social roles, that the views on feminism changes. In the book, The Awakening, Kate Chopin greatly reveals womens resistance within a male dominated society through her main character Edna Pontellier. Similarly, in her short, The narrat ion of an Hour, Chopin emphasized the oppression that married women went through with their husbands during the late 1800s. The xanthous Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman compelled readers, showing how womens roles seemed insignificant during the early 1900s. The feminist theory suggested by Brizee can be seen within each of these narratives, and their protagonists. make up to present day, the belief of societies being male-centered still stands. Yet, during the late 1800s and early 1900s, it was clearer that the olden lifestyle was happening. Married women of the era were seen as property to their husbands. Robert, Ednas raw sienna from The Awakening, described her as, -not free you were Mr. Pontelliers wife. I couldnt help kind you so long as I went away from y... ... by her diversity from male norms and values. Sadly many women became exactly what the male powered societies deficiency them to be, because unconsciously, those societies have influenced them to also beli eve it is the right thing for them to do.Works CitedBrizee, Allen. receive to the Purdue OWL. Purdue OWL Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism. Ed. J. Case Tompkins. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2014. Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. New York Avon, 1972. Print.Chopin, Kate. The Story of an Hour. Logan, IA Perfection Learning, 2001. Print.Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow Wallpaper. New York Feminist, 1973. Print.Hall, Donald. Literacy and Cultural Theory. Houghton, Mifflin Co. 2001. 199-213.Lorber, Judith. The Variety of Feminisms and their Contribution to Gender Equality. Roxbury Pub. 1998. 1-15.