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Khanal, Shyam. "Images of Women in Abhijnanashakuntalam as Role Model for Women Empowerment." Haimaprabha 20 (July 30, 2021): 87–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/haimaprabha.v20i0.38616.
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This paper aims to oversee the forms and image of women in the play Abhijnanashakuntalam written by Kalidasa; a great poet in Sanskrit literature. It is found that most of his works represent two different aspects of woman, one in the form of the poetic and artistic depiction of woman and the other in the form of her status in the prevailing society. The women were able to inspire action and hero’s aspirations with her own nobility and deep human affection which is the typical image for female character and an endless source of inspiration for contemporary art and literature. Hence, the portrayal of women is with the outer and inner beauty in relation to social issues like religion, caste, marriage, sacrifice etc.
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Kryshtopa, Mariia. "Women’s Characters in Mykola Pymonenko’s Art Heritage." Ethnic History of European Nations, no. 68 (2022): 56–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2518-1270.2022.68.07.
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Ukrainian realistic painting became a symbol for the embodiment of the features of the traditional culture of the second half of the 19th – beginning of the 20th century. Mykola Pymonenko was one of the most striking painters among the outstanding artists who in their work turned to the development of themes and motifs from the everyday life of the peasantry. He skillfully depicted the color of the Ukrainian village, transferring the features of the profane and sacred times into traditional culture. His creative activity was closely connected with observation, and therefore the works demonstrate a high level of accuracy and reliability in the reproduced elements of material and spiritual culture. One of the important aspects that can be studied from Mykola Pymonenko’s paintings is the image of a woman in traditional culture. Pymonenko paid a lot of attention to depicting the feminine experience within the established system of social life in the Ukrainian village. Various age categories of women with different social status in individual contexts are presented among his creative works. The high level of the artist’s skill and his commitment to the standards of realistic painting allow us to compare the female images embodied in art with the realities of that time, showing, in parallel, a visual picture of a woman’s life in traditional society. Pymonenko reveals such aspects as family and relative ties, socialization, work, holidays and others, actually covering all components of human life. At the same time, detailing the elements of material culture allows to supplement the received information and form a clearer picture of a woman in traditional Ukrainian culture. Mykola Pymonenko managed to form a stable image of a woman in his work, at the same time, preserving its variability and demonstrating the uniqueness of each of them. Taking into account the fact that in traditional culture women often played a passive role, had to obey the patriarchal attitudes of the society of that time, Pymonenko in his works focuses mainly on female images, trying to reveal them as multifaceted and extraordinary.
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Gorinova, Natalia Vasilievna. "KOMI FEMALE DRAMA: SOME ASPECTS OF STUDYING THE QUESTION." Yearbook of Finno-Ugric Studies 13, no. 4 (December 25, 2019): 643–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2224-9443-2019-13-4-643-652.
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The beginning of the 21st century opened a new page in the development of Komi literature connected with the activity of female authors earlier unprecedented on a dramatic field. In the 2000s Nina Kuratova, Elena Kozlova and Nina Obrezkova addressed dramaturgic genres. By this time they had already been popular writers. Having addressed a dramaturgic genre, new to itself, each writer introduced organic features in a palette of dramaturgic poetics, enriching and updating national culture. We devoted this work to research the specifics of Komi female dramatic art. Gender approach and method of the comparative analysis allowed us to reveal features of Komi female dramatic art. The Komi female dramatic art is not stereotypical and cliched, there is no similarity in the creation of plots and the features of characters in plays by the playwrights. N. Kuratova's, E. Kozlova's and N. Obrezkova's plays differ on the one hand from each other, on the other hand from plays by male Komi playwrights. It is not only about female playwrights reproducing in plays the female character and especially female household reality, but also about reproduction of how women feel and understand the world. In the Komi female drama we see the desire of the woman to live in harmony with the world, to constantly feel safe, to arrange family cosiness, to keep and transfer to the subsequent generations family values, love and respect (Kuratova). Also female drama transmits that pain which is felt by the woman, building relations with men, feeling their pressure and even violence (Kozlova). The female drama reveals changes the woman in modern society experiences, her finding new social roles, finding male features against the background of spiritual weakening of men (Obrezkova). So, the female consciousness gets into Komi dramaturgic space, opening new ways in an artistic judgment of reality, enriching an aesthetic paradigm.
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Tran Thi Hong, Nhung. "The issue of gender equality in Vietnam short stories with female authors in nowadays that writes about love, marriage, family." Journal of Science Social Science 66, no. 2 (May 2021): 44–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.18173/2354-1067.2021-0024.
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With the initiative in creative sense and concept of art consistently that writes about love, marriage, family, Vietnamese short stories for female in nowadays, they forcefully confirmed the point of view is equal between men and women. Through the world of art to be created, the powerfull aspects of this have been opened up. The article focuses on clarifying the manifestations of gender equality issues in vietnam short stories with authors are female in nowadays that is one of the social problems - unique aesthetics.
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Kwak, Su-Joung, and Eun-Mi Choi. "A Study on Nail Art Design, Reflecting Symbolic Feminine Elements Expressed in the Film ‘Agassi (The Handmaiden)’." Korean Society of Beauty and Art 23, no. 2 (June 20, 2022): 239–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.18693/jksba.2022.23.2.239.
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In a modern Korean society, feminism which pursues gender equality and targets to secure social equality has emerged as a hot topic across all sectors such as economy, politics, society, art and culture. As a dominant form of popular art & culture, film has a significant influence on people. In terms of the history of movie, descriptions on women have become more elaborate. In modern films, especially, perspectives on women have evolved from sexual consciousness to feminine growth. In feminist films, it not desirable to create a myth which emphasizes women’s tough aspects only or just focus on superficial resistance or women’s liberation. Furthermore, feminism should not be satirized as a formal or commercial jest. Instead, descriptions on women have to be more serious with sincerity. In particular, Director Park Chan-wook often starred a woman as a main character in his films, and his mise-en-scène is unbelievable. His unusual pictorial sense which will never be found elsewhere around the globe also shined in ‘Agassi (The Handmaiden)’. Therefore, this study attempted to investigate this feminist movie which has a lot of symbolic fine-art elements. For this, four symbolic characteristics of feminism expressed in ‘Agassi’ were chosen through analysis on previous studies, and 4 different nail styles were created, using diverse nail art techniques and materials. The study results confirmed that symbolic feminine elements expressed in films could make a contribution to new nail art with diverse motives.
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Aransi, Ayoola Oladunnke, and Hakeem Olawale. "Women in Obasá’s Poetry." Yoruba Studies Review 5, no. 1 (December 21, 2021): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/ysr.v5i1.130067.
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Obasá’s creativity cuts across virtually all aspects of Yorùbá socio-cultural ̣ settings and his works have attracted the attention of various scholars. It is evident that his poems are laden with topical issues that are of national interest. Most of his works, as described by previous scholars, are based on his love for and interest in Yorùbá language, social values, language, style, cultural practices, and the recovery endangered Yoruba oral art (Babalolá 1971, ̣ 1973; Olábimtán 1974a, 1974b; Ògúnsínà 1980; O ̣ látúnji 1982; Akínye ̣ mí 1987, ̣ 1991, 2017; and Nnodim 2006). Tis essay focuses on the representation of women in Obas ̣ á’s poetry, a topic that has not been given adequate attention. ̣ The essay attempts a close reading of Obas ̣ á’s poems within the Feminism and ̣ womanism theoretical frameworks. The research reveals that the representation of women in the poetry of Obasa did not go beyond the stereotypical and derogatory portrayal of women among the Yoruba.
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Laine, Anna. "Complementarity between Art and Anthropology: Experiences among kolam makers in South India." Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society 34, no. 2 (January 1, 2009): 58–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.30676/jfas.116522.
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As their first daily task, women in South India draw geometrical images, kolams, in front of their homes to greet the deities. These images engender and reinforce moods in the community, they construct feminine gender and they define the landscape as social. The paper describes how the employment of an artistic practice—photography—can affect the understanding of the kolam, an artistic practice in itself. Photography has a key role in that it has been used as a tool during field work, as well as in the presentation of research in the form of photographic essays. The expressive aspects in particular of this media are considered as means to address visual and sensory experience and as complementary to analytical texts. It is suggested that the use of artistic practice, in dialogue with texts, productively engages the tension between the sensory and the discursive, between intimacy and distance. The aim is to contribute to anthropological understandings of, and approaches to, images, aesthetics and artistic practice. The aesthetic aspect of the kolam is presented as local social aesthetics; an appreciation founded in local morality, and continuously reproduced as well as contested in a social environment.
Keywords: kolam, South India, visual anthropology, photography, art, aesthetics, gender
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Margan, Mădălin-Marius, Roxana Margan, Fira-Mladinescu Corneluta, Putnoky Salomeia, Tuta-Sas Ioana, Bagiu Radu, Zoran-Laurențiu Popa, et al. "Challenges affecting couples resorting to Assisted Reproductive Treatment (ART) in Romania." Obstetrics & Gynecology International Journal 12, no. 4 (July 16, 2021): 240–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.15406/ogij.2021.12.00584.
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Objective: The aim of this paper is to illustrate the main points of interest regarding the way treatment of infertility impacts the life of couples who struggle with this condition in Romania. The unique aspects and specific challenges regarding social, financial and psychological implications that affect Romanian couples who access specialized treatment for infertility will be thoroughly discussed. Methods: This study is a descriptive cross-sectional research. The sample population included patients who attended specialized infertility treatment (Assisted Reproductive Techniques - ART) in Fertility Clinics from Romania. The study was conducted between 2017 and 2019 and data was gathered through two infertility questionnaires. Results: The questionnaire for women was filled in by 829 female participants who struggled with infertility and resorted to ART and the questionnaire for men was completed by 227 male participants, as partners of the women, some of them as well with fertility issues. We analysed the results regarding all aspects surrounding infertility and ART, such as: psychological implications, impact of stress, access to specialized treatment, costs for treatment. Conclusion: The results showed that couples who struggle with infertility have to deal with high costs for specialized infertility treatments, in addition to stress related to treatment, creating a combination which negatively impacts their future chances of getting a pregnancy.
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GÜLDAŞ, Zühal, and Didem ARDALI BÜYÜKARMAN. "The Lıfe Imposed By Everyday Lıfe On Women: Hep Yarın As A Womanhood Story." Akademik Dil ve Edebiyat Dergisi 6, no. 2 (August 30, 2022): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.34083/akaded.1140341.
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In this article, it is presented that in Cahit Uçuk's novel Hep Yarın, the life that everyday life imposes on women and how it is handled through a story of womanhood. The novel is handled through the two aspects of everyday life, which Henri Lefebvre describes as the misery and the greatness of everyday life, and Carl Gustav Jung's concept of archetype. In the study, the social masks that the protagonist of the novel Nevbahar was forced to wear, the feminine feelings she could not resist despite the imposition of these masks, and the place of art in her life were determined. In this respect, in the narration of the womanhood story of the protagonist of the novel, the misery of daily life was emphasized first, and the social masks worn by the character were examined in two categories. Secondly, the discovery of the femininity of the protagonist of the novel, which sets an example for this naming by emphasizing the magnitude of daily life, within the framework of her relationship with the three men who have entered her life; The connection of the main character of the novel with art is handled in terms of dealing with a branch of art and making his life a novel, and the study is completed.
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Kaminsky, Viacheslav, Tetiana Anoshina, and Tetiana Kolomiychenko. "Social and Medical Aspects of the Association HIV and Herpes Virus Infection in Pregnant Women." Family Medicine, no. 6 (December 30, 2016): 25–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.30841/2307-5112.6.2016.249003.
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The objective: to evaluate the social and health aspects of the association of HIV and herpes infections (GVI) in pregnant women.
Patients and methods. Clinical and statistical analysis of 1177 individual cards of pregnant women with HIV for 5 years. The control group consisted of 200 pregnant women with physiological pregnancy.
Results. Analysis of individual cards of pregnant women with HIV found insufficient to TORCH-infection survey (74,7%). The frequency of herpes infections in HIV-infected patients was 42,3%. The most common laboratory revealed HSV1/2 – 41,9%, CMV – 22,4% and mixed infection (both HSV1/2 and CMV) – 28,1%, other types of AIT is quite rare. At 8,5% of pregnant women stated primary infection herpes viruses, 27,2% – the reactivation of infection. HIV infection is often associated with other infections: hepatitis, fungal infections, toxoplasmosis, papillomavirus infections, respiratory infections, infections of the genitourinary system. Fixed low social status of HIV-infected women with AIT, the presence of harmful habits, a high frequency of co-infections and low compliance to treatment, are additional factors of perinatal risk. History data indicate a high rate of abortions and missed abortion in women with HIV infection and GVI. Going the way of HIV infection with parenteral on sex strengthens the role of herpes virus infection as a cofactor transition from HIV to AIDS, and the development of perinatal complications. The current pregnancy burdened with 84,3% of women: high incidence of placental insufficiency (41,3%), the threat of miscarriage and preterm labor, fetal distress. Maternal mortality in 5 years was noted in 2 cases (0,1‰), both women were GVI, perinatal – in 12 cases, 8 (21,5‰) of them women with AIT. 12,1% of children were born in a state of severe asphyxia, malnutrition with 31,3%, from 3,8% of the children at the end of 1st day intrauterine diagnosed pneumonia.
Conclusions. The high frequency of co-infection of HIV and herpes viruses, joining other infections and comorbidity in these women, their low social adaptation, and susceptibility to treatment, the negative impact of herpes infection in the course of HIV infection, the condition of women during pregnancy, the fetus and the newborn, which requires individual approach to the management of women based on established medical and social aspects of the problem.
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Yar Khan, Shahab. "Women as Heroes in Shakespearean Drama." MAP Education and Humanities 1, no. 1 (August 20, 2021): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.53880/2744-2373.2021.1.1.1.
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Shakespeare studies Nature in the context of human behaviour. His drama deals with transformations and he displays these changes on both social and personal levels through alternating the graphic images from characters to situation. In an authoritarian society where lives of women were governed by a belief system which resulted out of Nature’s disposition of preordained roles in society, the portrayal of dominating female voices would have bothered many. Shakespearean drama is a protest against the society which is always dominated by the destructive forces of male paranoia, egocentrism, patriarchal instinct of exploitation of the weak, male sexual anxiety and corrupt abuse of rules of justice by the powerful. A study of the female mind presented in Shakespearean drama is seen at its best in The Winter’s Tale. The following article is an attempt to explore some of the aspects of Womanhood in Shakespearean art.
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Saravanan, Vaishalee, Geetha Desai, and Veena A. Satyanarayana. "Two sides of a coin: women’s experiences and providers’ perceptions of assisted conception in urban India." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 9, no. 1 (December 27, 2021): 195. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214996.
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Background: The uptake of assisted reproductive treatments has increased radically in urban India. We aimed to understand women’s lived experiences of assisted conception, and ART providers’ perception of their patients’ experiences.Methods: This study was cross-sectional and we used a qualitative approach and key informant interviews to understand the experiences of women and the treatment providers. Participants were ten women who had conceived through assisted reproductive treatment and ten ART providers. The data was analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis method.Results: During the treatment process, women felt consumed by their need to conceive. They reported that it was difficult for them to focus on other equally important aspects of their life. Stress, depression and anxiety associated with the uncertainty of their treatment outcome were prevalent. Women were also worried about miscarriage, safety and health of their baby, and forming an attachment with their fetus during the pregnancy. Providers’ concurred that women experience significant mood fluctuations in the form of stress, anxiety and depression which impacts treatment adherence and outcome. Women who have adequate spousal and family support are able to navigate the ART process better than women who lack social support.Conclusions: Findings imply the need for screening and brief psychological interventions at different stages of fertility treatment and during the antenatal and postnatal period to enhance women’s emotional well-being.
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Wastiau, Boris. "Art et Guerison: Les Rites de Possession Mahamba Lies a La Fecondite Chez Les Luv Ale Dezambie." Afrika Focus 14, no. 1 (February 11, 1998): 99–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2031356x-01401011.
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Art and Healing: The Rituals of Possession Mahamba Related to Fertility Among the Luvale of Zambia This paper deals with a number of symbolic practices and art forms that have developed within rituals of possession known as mahamba in the upper Zambezi and Kasai area. I refer mostly to the Luvale of Zambia, among whom there are numerous mahamba, variously related to serious illness, sterility, madness, failure, social alienation or other ills. Presenting alternatively aspects of ad hoc therapeutic rituals, and “social drama, to borrow V. Turner’s expression”, or of religious cults, they are performed by both men and women. Mahamba can lead to initiation into a professional cast or simply serve to restore a possessed patient's physical health or social status. As rituals that are both 'religious' and 'therapeutic', they must be considered within the broad context of cosmology and medical knowledge. Here I will discuss the transforming role of certain artefacts and performances in mahamba rituals that aim at restoring female fertility.
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Espada, María, María Martín, Víctor Jiménez, David Moscoso, José Emilio Jiménez-Beatty, and Antonio Rivero. "Leisure sports habits in Spanish adults: gender and social differences." OBETS. Revista de Ciencias Sociales 13, no. 2 (December 23, 2018): 495. http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/obets2018.13.2.02.
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The aim of this study was to analyse sports habits in Spanish adults according to the temporal aspects of the activities, gender and social class. The research followed a cross-sectional quantitative methodology. The sample was made up of 3.463 people, 1.732 men (46.6 ± 9.7 years) and 1.731 women (44.5 ± 9.6 years). Twostep cluster and classification tree (Exhaustive-Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detection) multivariate models were used to identify the best predictor variables on the temporal aspects of the sports activities. The results show that women and older people have fewer sports habits.
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Berezina, Anna, and O. Derbugova. "Islamic Revolution and Women’s Issues in Iran in the Aspect of Social Communication." Scientific Research and Development. Modern Communication Studies 10, no. 6 (December 27, 2021): 19–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/2587-9103-2021-10-6-19-26.
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Nowadays the problems of socio-cultural communication covers the gender issue and changes in the role of women in society in particular. Traditionally, the women status in Muslim countries is most vulnerable. Despite this fact, there has emerged such a socio-cultural phenomenon as Islamic feminism in the Middle East.
Islamic Revolution was the first time when Iranian women had declared themselves as a social and political force. Imam R. Khomeini used their social activity for his own political purposes. Despite the promises of the revolution leader, first actions of the new government differed from those the citizens expected: most of the rights and freedoms were restricted or eliminated. Iran is currently ranked 148th out of 153 countries on the gender gap index, overtaking only the countries with difficult internal political and economic situation, such as the DRC, Syria, Pakistan, Iraq and Yemen. The article analyzes the changes in the Iranian women status that have occurred in the following areas: civil status, education and science, economic activity, politics, art and sports. The positive measures taken in these spheres indicate that the society is undergoing a process of reconsidering the role of women, and the development of the women empowerment process in Iran will progress.
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Shurpyak, S. О., and O. B. Solomko. "Medical and social aspects in women of reproductive age with chronic pelvic pain." Reproductive health of woman 6 (July 30, 2021): 71–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.30841/2708-8731.6.2021.244386.
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The objective: a study of the medical and social characteristics of women in reproductive age with chronic pelvic pain on the basis of retrospective analysis.Materials and methods. The analysis of medical documentation of 314 patients in reproductive age with a verified diagnosis of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) was performed on the basis of studying of case histories and outpatient cards. Data were analyzed: anthropometric data, age, body mass index, place of residence, gynecological pathology, duration and nature of the menstrual cycle, comorbidities, previous treatment, disease duration, pain intensity, bad habits, number of pregnancies and births, reproductive plans and other methods examination.Results. It was found that more than a third of women, who were treated for pathologies that cause CPP, need medical help again. 58 % of patients sought help for CPP for the first time, 42 % had already received treatment for CPP. Concomitant non-gynecological pathology is more often observed in such patients (48.7 %).The most commonly diagnosed were interstitial cystitis (42 %) and irritable bowel syndrome (34 %). The combination of gynecological, urological and surgical pathology was found in 22 % of patients. Patients with CPP had deficiency in vitamin D (68 % of the 162 patients tested for vitamin D) and had subjectively more severe pain. At the same time, the lack of routine examination of thyroid function and vitamin D status attracted attention. Simultaneously, women with CPP are much more likely than the general population to have infertility (56.4 %), and the incidence of miscarriage is twice as high as the population, with a tendency to recurrent pregnancy loss.Conclusions. Concomitant non-gynecological pathology, infertility, miscarriage, vitamin D deficiency and subjectively more severe pain are more common in women with chronic pelvic pain. However, the level of diagnosing thyroid pathology and determining the concentration of vitamin D in such patients is insufficient.
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Ivanytska, L. "LIFE PATH AND CREATIVITY OF PROPERZIA DE ROSSI IN THE CYCLE OF CONCEPTS “MEDIEVAL WOMAN”, “ART”, “SOCIETY”." Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. History, no. 139 (2018): 35–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728-2640.2018.139.06.
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The article raises questions about the role and place of women in medieval society and the artistic space. The possibilities for realizing the artistic potential of female artists and female sculptors are explored. The historiography of the outlined problem is analyzed. It is noted that the main obstacles to full creative self-realization of the female artists were numerous social stereotypes, limited access to professional artistic education and artistic practice, lack of social and economic independence, social discrimination and harassment in the process of becoming part of the androcentric professional elite. An example of an analysis of the way of life and the creative work of the first famous sculpture woman of the Renaissance Properzia de Rossi era demonstrated the intolerance of the medieval society and the artistic community to the possibility of self-realization of the medieval female artist as a sculptor. The main source for research is the monumental work of the Italian architect, theorist and first historian of art, Giorgio Vasari, «The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects». Propperzia de Rossi is one of the four female artists whom Vasari is paying attention in his stories. The author of the article has shown that Vasari belted the biography of Propercia de Rossi, as he strengthened his contemptuous attitude to the mistress. Vasari used the life and work of de Rossi as an example of the fact that all women, albeit very talented and capable of creating interesting work, are not in a position to escape certain female character traits in their writings. Finally, Vasari recognizes the talent of Properzia de Rossi and states the lack of understanding and worthy support from the contemporary society. At the end of the article, the author concludes on the urgent need for a critical analysis of the rather tendentious present-day presentation of the history of the arts and the need to revisit previously unobserved gender aspects in canonical Western-European art.
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Bzeipez, Roaa Kareem, and Sadeq Al Fayyadh. "Impact of Cervical Cancer on Women’s Bio-Psycho-Social Aspects of Health: A Mixed Methods Study." Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences 16, no. 6 (June 30, 2022): 668–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs22166668.
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Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common type of cancer affecting women worldwide. Sexual and reproductive problems can reduce the quality of life of women with cervical cancer. Quality of life studies in health care industry, especially in oncology, have become an essential tool used to assess patient resilience in different types of cancer and different treatment modalities. Aim(s) to identify the impact of cervical cancer on women's physical, psychological and social health by examining quality of life and to discover any possible statistically significant relationship between women's quality of life and some social, demographic and reproductive characteristics. And explore the experience of women with cervical cancer in terms of its impact on physical, psychological and social health. Methods: A convergent design was used in this study. A mixed-method design was used in this study that consists of The EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-CX24and semi-structured interviews guide for the quantitative section.100 married women who suffer from cervical cancer and who visit the oncology centers in the city of Baghdad from 14th September to 2nd December2021.Regarding the qualitative section an eleven interview. Results: The quantitative study showed that Cancer had a profound impact on the dimensions of the physical, psychological and social life of a woman with cervical cancer. Similarly, the qualitative findings showed that the life experience of women with cervical cancer has endured a lot of suffering of fighting the disease and its management-related consequences. However, faith-based resilience was the defense mechanism that can explains women’s capacity to move on with their life living with cancer Keywords: Quality of Life; Cervical Cancer; Cancer; Gynecological Cancer; Women’s Health
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Kecskés, Tímea. "Women as Suicide Bombers." Academic and Applied Research in Military and Public Management Science 12, no. 1 (June 30, 2013): 137–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.32565/aarms.2013.1.15.
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A discussion on suicide attacks as one of the most widespread means of modern terror- ism is considered commonplace nowadays. Hardly a day goes by without news about a terrorist act of this kind in some country – primarily in the Muslim World. Suicide attacks grew as a general means of modern terrorism at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s but it was not before 11th September 2001 that experts realized the need for a complex and comprehensive analysis and interpretation of the objectives and motivations of modern terrorists. As part of this process their studies also embraced less known female terrorism including its historical, social, and religious aspects.
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SHELEMEI, Oksana, and Natalia VOLODARSKA. "Recovery of Women Well-Being in Migration: Example of Ukraine." Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, no. 75 (December 12, 2021): 115–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.33788/rcis.75.7.
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The present study is focused on women well-being in migration. The aim was to investigate well-being of Ukrainian women migrants and to present the results of psychological work aimed at correcting the shortcomings of the emotional, social and behavioral aspects of the personality of women migrants with the help of special means of psychological influence. At the first stage an empirical study was conducted in Northern Italy during 2018-2019. The empirical sample consisted of 200 Ukrainian women - labor migrants aged 31 to 79 years who worked as caregivers. The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) was applied. The study of psychological well-being in the group of women migrant workers revealed mostly an average level (81.5%). At the same time, the study showed a low level of both emotional and social well-being (43.5% and 72%, respectively). At the second stage of the study psycho-correctional work was carried out with the labor migrant women and women displaced from Eastern Ukraine, where hostilities were taking place. 80 women were involved in the group psycho correction in Klaipeda city, Lithuania (June 2018). 120 women took part in individual counseling (on-line mode). Classes were held at the Kostyuk Institute of Psychology (Kyiv, Ukraine), once a week for 3 hours (2019-2020). The psycho-correctional work included the method of self-report, actualization of emotional states, the method of debriefing, as well as the art therapy. The use of psycho-correctional work showed positive effect on the emotional sphere of women, in particular, changes were noted in the balance of negative and positive emotions. Participants of the program improved their relationships with close people, as well as new goals and strategies to achieve them appeared.
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Mushi, Lawrencia Dominick, and Eileen A. Mhando. "Factors for Low Uptake of Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV Pregnant Women in Mbeya City Council, Tanzania." Journal of Public Administration and Governance 9, no. 1 (March 29, 2019): 253. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jpag.v9i1.14337.
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UNAIDS aimed to reach 90% antiretroviral therapy uptake among people living with HIV by 2015. Despite free provision of antiretroviral therapy to pregnant women living with HIV, the uptake remains low. This study describes views of pregnant women about low uptake of antiretroviral therapy among pregnant women living with HIV in Mbeya City Council.The study used a descriptive cross-sectional design and applied mixed research approaches. 44 pregnant women on antiretroviral therapy and 12 health providers were conveniently selected. Four key informants were purposively selected. In-depth interviews with pregnant women and key informants; exit interviews with pregnant women; and observation of health providers were conducted. Audio tape recording from in-depth interviews was transcribed into Swahili to English. Social ecological framework was used in data coding based on individual, social and health service aspects then analysed using Atlas. ti 7. Quantitative data was analyzed in Excel spreadsheet, and presented using tables.The findings from interviews and observations showed that the main individual factors (like treatment-related side effects and religious faith); social factors (like traditional medicine and lack of partner/husband support) and health service factors (like long waiting time and discrepancy in information given to clients during adherence counseling on antiretroviral therapy) were more likely to be associated with low uptake of antiretroviral therapy.This study indicates that various factors at individual, social and health service levels were more likely to cause low uptake of ART. Reasons for discrepant information during counseling by providers remain a question which needs further research.
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Skalli, Loubna H. "Women and Poverty in Morocco: The Many Faces of Social Exclusion." Feminist Review 69, no. 1 (November 2001): 73–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/014177800110070120.
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This article focuses on the gender dimension of poverty in Morocco. It questions the inadequate parameters relied on in the existing studies on the subject and underlines their blindness to the complex causes and effects of poverty among the female population in the country. The article then approaches female poverty from its multidimensional perspective in order to underline the social, cultural, legal as well as economic aspects and implications of poverty. The final section of the article gives a critical reading of some of the strategies currently adopted to reduce the incidence of poverty in Morocco.
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Geissler, P. Wenzel. "The Significance of Earth-Eating: Social and Cultural Aspects of Geophagy Among Luo Children." Africa 70, no. 4 (November 2000): 653–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2000.70.4.653.
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ABSTRACTEarth‐eating is common among primary school children in Luoland, western Kenya. This article describes the social significance and meanings attributed to it. Earth‐eating is practised among children before puberty, irrespective of their sex, and among women of reproductive age, but not usually among adult men or old women. To eat earth signifies belonging to the female sphere within the household, which includes children up to adolescence. Through eating earth, or abandoning it, the children express their emerging gender identity. Discourses about earth‐eating, describing the practice as unhealthy and bad, draw on ‘modern’ notions of hygiene, which are imparted, for example, in school. They form part of the discursive strategies with which men especially maintain a dominant position in the community. Beyond the significance of earth‐eating in relation to age, gender and power, it relates to several larger cultural themes, namely fertility, belonging to a place, and the continuity of the lineage. Earth symbolises female, life‐bringing forces. Termite hills, earth from which is eaten by most of the children and women, can symbolise fertility, and represent the house and the home, and the graves of ancestors. Earth‐eating is a form of ‘communion’ with life‐giving forces and with the people with whom one shares land and origin. Earth‐eating is a social practice produced in complex interactions of body, mind and other people, through which children incorporate and embody social relations and cultural values.
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Soshnikova, Irina Vladimirovna. "The Problem of Domestic Violence Against Women in Russia and Possible Solutions." Общество: социология, психология, педагогика, no. 11 (November 27, 2020): 32–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.24158/spp.2020.11.5.
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The paper analyzes the social and legal aspects of the problem of domestic violence against women in Russia. The United Nations defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that causes or is likely to cause physical, sexual or psy-chological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary depriva-tion of liberty, whether in public or private life”. The victim characteristics of women and their social vul-nerability are analyzed. Negative stereotypes about violence against women in the family are empha-sized. The main differences between violence against strangers and domestic violence are re-vealed. A set of measures has been developed to solve the problem of domestic violence.
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Stiwich, Kendra D., Lindsay, J. McCunn, and Chantey Dayal. "Woolly Stories: An Art-Based Narrative Approach to Place Attachment." Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning 5, no. 2 (June 1, 2019): 245–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.15402/esj.v5i2.68348.
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When people join an institution, no assurance of positive social connection exists. The mechanisms of psychological attachment to institutions are not well understood. However, place attachment is a predictor of individual well-being and, when correlated with life satisfaction and neighborhood ties, can enhance civic engagement and social trust. Research suggests that narratives can be a symbolic mechanism of place attachment. Thus, to increase place attachment in the parent population at a small elementary school, various art-based narrative activities were carried out as part of the OurSchoolOurStories project. Creating a storied blanket was one activity. Seven women needle-felted nine squares with the theme of representing some aspect of what the school meant to them. In a circle, they shared many stories including where they came from, how they came to be at the school, and their experiences at the school. Through these artistic narratives, participants were able to share much about their place identities, which allowed for social connection, and a sense of integration within the group.
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Sawada, Aiko. "The Nurse Shortage Problem in Japan." Nursing Ethics 4, no. 3 (May 1997): 245–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/096973309700400309.
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This article discusses the serious problem of the shortage of about 50 000 nurses in Japan today. If efficient measures to solve it are not adopted by administrators, it is clear that the shortage will become still more alarming in the future, in a society with more people in advanced years and in which the numbers in the younger generation will decrease from now on. The main factors behind the Japanese nursing labour shortage are, among others: a rapid increase in the number of hospital beds between 1986 and 1989; poor working conditions; and nurses’ low social position in their places of work. Behind these factors, there has always been a contempt for the art of nursing in our society. Why has Japanese society made light of nursing? Three points can be identified: traditional discrimination against women; our disregard for a religious mentality; and our short history of hospital nursing. To overcome these problems, we must first of all change fundamentally our sense of values, such as love for one another and compassion. We must now reconstruct a caring culture in our society.
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Luca, G., S. Parrettini, A. Sansone, R. Calafiore, and E. A. Jannini. "The Inferto-Sex Syndrome (ISS): sexual dysfunction in fertility care setting and assisted reproduction." Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 44, no. 10 (May 6, 2021): 2071–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40618-021-01581-w.
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Abstract Purpose Infertility represents a peculiar social burden affecting more than 15% of couples, provoking it a real threat to the general quality of life and to the sexual health. The medicalization (diagnosis, therapy and follow up) of the lack of fertility is frequently a challenge in term of personal and couple’s involvement. In particular, while the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) has allowed many infertile couples to achieve pregnancy, the therapeutic process faced by the couple bears a strong psychological stress that can affect the couple's quality of life, relationship and sexuality. Despite infertility affects both female and male sexual health, only recently the interest in the effects of ART on the couple's sexuality has grown, especially for women. Methods A literature research on the sexual dysfunction in fertility care and particularly in ART setting was performed. Results Literature largely found that intimacy and sexuality appear specifically impaired by intrusiveness of treatments and medical prescriptions. Moreover, there is a close relationship between emotional, psychological and sexual aspects, which can be integrated in the new concept of Inferto-Sex Syndrome (ISS) that can impair the ART treatment outcomes. Evidence demonstrates that the assessment of sexual function is necessary in couples undergoing diagnosis of infertility and ART. Conclusion A close relationship between infertility and sexuality, both in the female and male partners, was detected. ART treatments may heavily impact on the couple's psychosexual health. A couple-centred program for the integrated management of psychological and sexual dysfunction should be considered in the context of ART programs.
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Agarwal, Reshu, Bharat Bhushan Rewari, Ramesh Reddy Allam, Nalini Chava, and A. S. Rathore. "Quality and effectiveness of counselling at antiretroviral therapy centres in India: capturing counsellor and beneficiary perspectives." International Health 11, no. 6 (February 6, 2019): 480–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihy100.
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Abstract Background Ensuring the quality and effectiveness of counselling is imperative for enabling people living with HIV to cope with treatment adherence. Countrywide assessment of antiretroviral therapy (ART) centres was undertaken to assess the quality and effectiveness of counselling. The insights gained from the assessment are expected to build an improved understanding of the counselling aspect and contribute to informing decisions strengthening the counselling provided at ART centres. Methods Assessment of counselling at 357 ART centres entailed interviews with counsellors and beneficiaries using a structured questionnaire administered by trained technical experts. Two counsellors and five beneficiaries at each ART centre were interviewed to assess both the quality and effectiveness of counselling. Beneficiaries were selected from different risk groups to understand their varied concerns and experiences. Results During the assessment, 618 counsellors were interviewed (45% women); also, 1785 beneficiaries were interviewed, consisting of 892 (49.9%) men, 857 (48.1%) women and 36 (2.0%) transgender. Counsellors were found to be relatively well informed on topics pertaining to pre-ART, ART preparedness and positive healthy living, and the psychosocial support extended to patients. Counsellors surveyed were not aware of critical areas such as counselling of pregnant women (44.5%) , drug adherence (44.8%) and the use of information, education and communication material during counselling, and pill count. The majority of beneficiaries reported being informed on issues pertaining to retention; however, 30–40% of beneficiaries were not informed regarding the critical elements of adherence such as counselling on ART side effects (68.5%), pill count (62.8%) and information on access to social benefit schemes (25.7%). Factors such as client volume, the training of the counsellors and adequate space for counselling affected the quality of counselling. Conclusion With concerted efforts in bridging the gaps in knowledge, infrastructure and information needs, India’s national AIDS control programme (NACP) can enhance the counselling services at ART centres and improve the quality of services for patient retention.
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Lockhart, Charles, and Aaron Wildavsky. "The ‘Multicultural’ Mill." Utilitas 5, no. 2 (November 1993): 255–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0953820800005793.
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An argument has been made for identifying Mill as an individualistic thinker. Certainly,A System of Logic(1843) develops views, such as methodological individualism and a conception of the ‘art of life’, which portray persons as having unique essences that, when supported by autonomous choices with respect to life experiments, reveal their individuality. These views are at least loosely applied in later works.Principles of Political Economy(1848) treats economic aspects of social life frequently in terms consistent with those of classical economists for whom the self-interested actions of individuals achieve economic growth.On Liberty(1859), the flagship volume in this view, and, less centrally,The Subjection of Women(1869) provide impressive testimony for an individualistic way of life in terms of its contributions to social progress.Considerations on Representative Government(1861) examines means for institutionalizing an individualistic way of life. AndUtilitarianism(1863) provides a basis for justifying an individualistic view of this social programme: more satisfaction of individual desires. But such an account, Mill's own assessment notwithstanding, would be unsatisfactory.
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Widiarty, Wiwik Sri. "PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM PERSAMAAN HAK ASASI PEREMPUAN DALAM MENINGKATKAN PEREKONOMIAN INDONESIA." to-ra 3, no. 3 (January 11, 2018): 639. http://dx.doi.org/10.33541/tora.v3i3.1162.
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The struggle of women in achieving equality and justice has been carried out long ago, whether in the economic, social, cultural, and political aspects, in fact it has not been able to raise the dignity of women to be equal to men. Various laws and regulations governing women's rights include those implied in the Convention on Elimination of All Forms Discrimination Againts Women (CEDAW), namely the rights possessed by a woman, both because she is a human being and as a woman. Even though CEDAW has been rati ed, there are still discriminatory regulations, such as the Investment Law, Marriage Law, the Law on Placement and Protection of Overseas Workers, the Citizenship Act, and other Regional Regulations. Therefore, legal protection of women's human rights is very important, for women whose rights have been violated, especially since there are many cases of female labor violence working to help improve the family economy abroad.
Keywords: legal protection; women's human rights; female labor violence .
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Parisinou, Eva. "‘Lighting’ the World of Women: Lamps and Torches in the Hands of Women in the Late Archaic and Classical Periods." Greece and Rome 47, no. 1 (April 2000): 19–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gr/47.1.19.
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This paper is concerned with some of the ‘dark’ aspects of the lives of Athenian women of the Archaic and Classical periods. Through a review of images of women with light in hand and of female activities that were illuminated by lamps and torches, the amount and significance of women's activities which required lighting devices may be traced. These may have taken place in private, inside the oikos – for which our knowledge is limited – or outside the oikos, where women enjoyed a restricted participation in certain socio-religious activities. The kind of females under discussion range from ‘respectable’ wives and daughters of Athenian citizens to hetairai, the professional female entertainers. On the basis of literary and iconographical evidence, I shall seek to identify the nature and timing of those female activities, and to assess whether the type of lighting device chosen for a particular action may possibly reveal other aspects of the life of Athenian women, notably age or social status.
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Watson, Wendy, and Charlie Stelle. "Love in Cyberspace: Self Presentation and Partner Seeking in Online Dating Advertisements of Older Adults." Journal of Family Issues 42, no. 10 (January 10, 2021): 2438–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x20982024.
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This qualitative content analysis of a systematically selected sample of 200 heterosexual adults aged 60+ years examined older adults’ self-presentation in online dating ads and what they sought in a partner. Online dating ads were examined from one site for adults of all ages ( match.com ) and a site specifically geared to older adults (ourtime.com). Results showed that aspects of self that are presented for men and women, although in different order of importance, included one’s status, enjoying leisure activities and being fun-loving, kind/compassionate, and being friend and family focused. Men and women were interested in a companion and someone fun-loving and kind/compassionate. Additionally, women sought a partner who was honest and would do leisure activities with them. Men sought women who were physically attractive and would provide emotional support. The discussion focuses on gender differences and how the act of self-presentation is central in the narratives of dating ads for older adults.
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Lucia, Renata Andrea de Lucia Santana, and João Paulo Baliscei. "VAGINA DA ARTISTA - PERFORMANCE FEMINISTA EM POÉTICAS DE DUAS ARTISTAS MULHERES." POLÊM!CA 20, no. 3 (November 16, 2021): 163–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2020.63491.
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Resumo: O artigo tem como objetivo problematizar a performance enquanto prática artística que promove a resistência, a pluralidade e a diferença, discutindo como ela pode favorecer aspectos educativos. Apresenta o conceito de performance em seus aspectos históricos, antropológicos e artísticos, bem como a performance autobiográfica, que possibilita o resgate de experiências pessoais, memórias coletivas e, no recorte apontado aqui, o exercício do ativismo feminista. Aborda aspectos do movimento feminista e analisa performances de duas artistas mulheres e feministas: a artista norte-americana Carolee Schneemann e a artista brasileira Panmela Castro. Por fim, avalia o caminho evocado pela performance como viável ao estabelecimento de estratégias de resistência e sensibilização por meio da experiência artística compartilhada entre performer e espectadoras. Ademais, aponta a performance como alternativa para instigar o pensamento crítico, a liberdade e a criação de possibilidades de transformações no âmbito pessoal e coletivo, por meio de ações que abordam temáticas identitárias que refletem as lutas de movimentos sociais, como o movimento feminista, movimento negro e movimento LGBTQI+.Palavras-chave: Arte contemporânea. Performance. Performance autobiográfica. Feminismo. Mulheres artistas. Abstract: The article aims to problematize performance as an artistic practice that promotes resistance, plurality and difference, discussing how it (the performance) can favor educational aspects. This paper presents the concept of performance in its historical, anthropological and artistic aspects, as well as the autobiographical performance, which enables the recovery of personal experiences, collective memories, and, in the clipping pointed here, the exercise of feminist activism. The article also addresses aspects of the feminist movement and analyzes the performances of two women and feminist artists: US artist Carolee Schneemann and Brazilian artist Pammela Castro. Finally, it evaluates the path evoked by the performance as feasible for the establishment of resistance and sensitization strategies through the shared artistic experience between performer and spectators. In addition, the article points to performance as an alternative to instigate critical thinking, freedom, and the creation of possibilities for transformations at both the personal and collective levels, through actions that address identity themes which reflect the struggles of social movements, such as the feminist movement, the black movement, and the “LGBTQI+” movement.Keywords: Contemporary art. Performance. Autobiographical Performance. Feminism. Women Artists.
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Fatimah Sham, Normala Salim, Nor Hafizatul Akma Shohor, Siti Fatimah Zahra Mohd Anuar, Ain Aqiela Azamuddin, and Norziah Aman. "QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN MALAYSIA." Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine 22, no. 1 (April 28, 2022): 154–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.22/no.1/art.1077.
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Cancer incidence and mortality are rapidly growing worldwide, and Breast Cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women in Malaysia. Social support is an important aspect of the Quality of Life (QoL) as it affects the psychological well-being and health of the patients. The aim of this study is to assess the quality of life and relationship of QoL with social support among female patients with diagnosed Breast Cancer. This is a cross-sectional study involving 259 female patients with diagnosed Breast Cancer from the outpatient unit of the National Cancer Institute, Malaysia. The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) and its breast-specific module (QLQ-BR23) measured QoL and social support by using Perceived Social Support (MPSS) questionnaires. The data was analysed using SPSS version 25.0. The result of this study found that women with Breast Cancer in Malaysia had an excellent global quality of life in which they were able to achieve the highest score in their role and physical function. The result also showed a high rate of social support especially supports from family. There was a positive relationship between QoL and social support (rs: 0.25) generally with a p-value less than 0.05. Therefore, effective measures need to be taken and implemented concerning improving the QoL of Breast Cancer patients.
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Neimneh, Shadi. "Women in the Works of Ghassan Kanafani: A Comparative Reading of Two Novels." Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences 49, no. 5 (September 15, 2022): 493–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.35516/hum.v49i5.2765.
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This article surveys Ghassan Kanafani’s fictions, arguing that his literature of resistance features militant men or ordinary men coping with the consequences of dislocation. Hence, the presence of women is mainly subordinate. Then the article investigates the ambivalent presence of women in two novellas diverging from Kanafani’s mainstream texts which marginalize women, offering instead prevailing female figures: All That’s Left to You (1966) and Umm Saad (1969). In the former, Maryam loses her honor, getting pregnant out of wedlock just as her people lose Jaffa; the fallen woman allegorically becomes the lost nation, and thus assumes negative attributes of the mother archetype. In the latter, this ancillary presence changes as the titular heroine enacts resistance and attachment to the land. Umm Saad assumes the positive attributes of the mother archetype, figuratively becoming the fertile land to be regained. Using a relevant framework on resistance literature and archetypal criticism on the feminine, this article shows the close association between women and the Palestinian land (the positive ideals of liberty and fertility as well as the negative meanings of loss/disgrace). Such ambivalence can be understood in a range of positive and negative aspects of the mother archetype. Appealing to recurring patterns and primordial aspects of the human psyche, Kanafani asserts the universalism of his committed fiction, the right to regain the land as a basic human need, and the richness of the mother archetype to the collective unconscious of a nation. Hence, this article problematizes traditional gender roles in Kanafani’s fiction.
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Campo-Engelstein, Lisa. "Reproductive technologies are not the cure for social problems." Journal of Medical Ethics 46, no. 2 (January 23, 2020): 85–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2019-105981.
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Giulia Cavaliere disagrees with claims that ectogenesis will increase equality and freedom for women, arguing that they often ignore social context and consequently fail to recognise that ectogenesis may not benefit women or it may only benefit a small subset of already privileged women. In this commentary, I will contextualise her argument within the broader cultural milieu to highlight the pattern of reproductive advancements and technologies, such as egg freezing and birth control, being presented as the panacea for women’s inequality. While these advancements and technologies can benefit women, I argue medicine is not the best tool to ‘cure’ social problems and should not be co-opted as an agent of social change. Systemic social changes, not just technomedical approaches, are needed to address the root of gender inequality, which is social in nature, not medical.
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Sharma, Baby, Suresh Jungari, and Ajinkya Lawange. "Factors Affecting Fear of Childbirth Among Urban Women in India: A Qualitative Study." SAGE Open 12, no. 2 (April 2022): 215824402210894. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440221089485.
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There is increasing evidence shows that fear of childbirth (FOC) may have short- and long-term adverse effects on mothers and babies if left untreated. The childbirth process is an experience with many dimensions, multifaceted, and unique for each woman, still strongly influenced by the social-cultural context in which women belongs. To identify and explore the factors contributing to the fear of childbirth among recently delivered women of Pune city, India. The study used a qualitative study approach. A total of 15 in-depth interviews were conducted with women who have recently given birth in maternity hospitals. Interviews were conducted using an interview guide (open ended-questionnaire). Interviews were audio-recorded. The participants were called into a separate room for the interview; full privacy was given to the interviewees, thus making a safe and reliable environment. All collected interviews were transcribed and analyzed. Axial coding was used to develop codes into major themes contributing to FOC were derived. Seven major themes emerged from the analysis of the transcribed interviews. The seven major themes are fear related to the child, fear of parenthood, fear due to mode of delivery, negative pregnancy/delivery experience, psychological aspects attributed to fear of pregnancy, fear of pain, and social background. FOC occurs in most of pregnant women irrespective of parity. The determinants of FOC are influenced by women context; thus, variation in factors of FOC is observed. The FOC related factors show the complex interconnection between them, and it may vary from woman to woman and settings to settings concerning women context.
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Khalilov, Vladimir. "Contemporary American Drama: Socio-Political Aspect." Russia and America in the 21st Century, no. 1 (2022): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.18254/s207054760018948-9.
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The article deals with the topical issues of American drama based on the analysis of works by contemporary US playwrights, many of whom are representatives of groups classified as oppressed (in a white patriarchal society). The author examines popular topics and trends in cultural life in the context of public and political life in the United States over the past 70 years - from the Civil Rights Movement, "Women's Liberation" and Stonewall to "Black Lives Matter", "#MeToo" and LGBTQ prides. The author concludes that the current repertoire was directly influenced by the progressive agenda with its ambitious plan for large-scale social transformations that affected all cultural institutions, including theater. By highlighting the struggle for social equality and justice, the rights of blacks, women, ethnic and sexual minorities, diversity and inclusion, as well as condemnation of capitalism and American imperialism, progressivism has placed art at the service of ideology, once again turning cultural figures into 'engineers of human souls' - but also contributed to the expansion of opportunities for members of under-represented groups, integration, the development of intercultural dialogue and the emergence of new dramatic voices.
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Tóth, Olga, and Péter Róbert. "Sociological and Historical Aspects of Entry into Marriage." Journal of Family History 19, no. 4 (September 1994): 351–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/036319909401900403.
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This study analyses the timing of first entry into marriage of Hungarian men and women born between 1916 and 1967. Marriages take place at a considerably earlier age than the West European average, and at the same time show significant differences between cohorts. In the course of the analysis we consider the social and economic circumstances which affect the timing of entry into marriage, and we connect the variables of men and women's educational attainment with their age at marriage. In each cohort we examine the sociological characteristics of those who marry significantly earlier or later than the average for their generation, i.e. than the “normal” age.
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Becker, Thomas. "Women in Roman forts – lack of knowledge or a social claim?" Archaeological Dialogues 13, no. 1 (May 15, 2006): 36–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1380203806261853.
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The classic idea of the Roman army, especially of the legions, is that of a man's world, where discipline and military drill dominate, and where there is no room for women, whatever their social status or function. This idea has been fostered by the picture painted by the antique authors, in which fighting by women is reserved to goddesses (Athena/Minerva) and exceptional personages. The normal female is described as a mother or wife, whose chief occupations were confined to the organization of the household, the up-bringing of the children, spinning and weaving (Marquardt 1975, 58). This role model fits in excellently with the social structure of 19th-century Europe, where women were also absent from military camps. This, in turn, can be traced back to the to the Prussian view of military virtues, which would be diminished by the presence of women. Many concepts of Roman military archaeology have their origin in this period. In many ways these traditions still influence our views on Roman life, as analyses of the roles of women and children in archaeological illustrations have shown (Röder 2002; Becker and Hölschen in press). German archaeological research, especially, concentrates on questions of building-structures, military units or dating, whilst social aspects of life in the camps or on the frontier are normally neglected.
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Semenova, Elena. "The Literary Genre of a “Diary of Anorexia”: Aspects of Artistic Semiotics and the Practice of Thanatology." southern semiotic review 2021 i, no. 14 (July 14, 2021): 18–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.33234/ssr.14.2.
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The paper continues the author's research series in the field of women's eating disorders. The focus of this work is on cases of anorexia nervosa, provoked by the desire of the individual to identify himself with the ideal body image, in which the thanatological intention is clearly traced. The destructive impact of an ideal aesthetic image on a person with these features of artistic perception is considered on the example of biographical fiction portraits, stories, novels of teenage girls and young womens suffering from anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. The author examines the manifesto of anorexia “I don't want to have a doll — I want to be a doll” in the framework of a social semiotic concept. The author sees this phenomenon as interdisciplinary problem that lies on the border of art, psychopathology and thanatology philosophy. The methodological basis of the research is the art semiotic concepts, notion “celebrity anorexia” by E. Burke, the theory of performance by E. Fischer-Lichte, the consept “an aesthetic object” of M.M. Bakhtin.
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Sherwin, Susan. "Women in Clinical Studies: A Feminist View." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 3, no. 4 (1994): 533–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963180100005417.
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There is significant evidence that the health needs of women and minorities have been neglected by a medical research community whose agendas and protocols tend to focus on more advantaged segments of society. In response, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States have recently issued new policies aimed at increasing the utilization of women in clinical studies. As well, the U.S. Congress passed the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993, which specifically mandates increased inclusion of women and racial and ethnic groups in clinical studies. On the face of it, such gender and race-specific policies would appear to be morally problematic because traditionally ethics opposes the use of sex or race as legitimate criteria for distributions of benefits or burdens in social policies. Hence, these policies pose some significant moral questions. Feminist ethics provides us with a framework for evaluating such policies because of its readiness to recognize that socially and politically significant factors such as sex and race are morally relevant in setting public policy. Of course, feminist ethics does not simply endorse all appeals to sex and race but only the policies in which attention to such factors will contribute to social justice. In this essay, I Identify some of the Important ethical questions that a feminist ethics perspective raises about research policies devised to promote the Inclusion of women in clinical studies.
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Mobley-Tanaka, Jeannette L. "Gender and Ritual Space during the Pithouse to Pueblo Transition: Subterranean Mealing Rooms in the North American Southwest." American Antiquity 62, no. 3 (July 1997): 437–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/282164.
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Architectural patterning in the American Southwest has long been recognized as a solid manifestation of social patterns of Pueblo groups. The organization of pueblos around plazas and kivas emphasizes the importance of male-dominated ritual. The female role in ritual, while limited, centers around the production of food, an aspect that women not only participate in, but also perhaps control. What evidence exists for the antiquity of gender-specific ritual power? Subterranean mealing rooms, which appear in the Anasazi area at the time of the pithouse to pueblo transition, may indicate that these roles are quite ancient and were a part of the shift from informal household to more formal community ritual at such sites. They also may represent increased social stress and a corresponding attempt to alleviate such stress. The disappearance of these features from sites after a relatively short time may indicate the continued development of a religious system in which male-oriented aspects became increasingly dominant and female aspects became peripheral.
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Bernard, Philippe, and Robin Wollast. "Why Is Sexualization Dehumanizing? The Effects of Posture Suggestiveness and Revealing Clothing on Dehumanization." SAGE Open 9, no. 1 (January 2019): 215824401982823. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244019828230.
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Research has shown that sexualized people are perceived as possessing fewer traits of a human being. Most scholars have argued that these effects are driven by revealing clothing, with targets wearing swimsuits or lingerie being perceived as possessing less mind and less humanness in comparison with nonsexualized targets. However, revealing clothing in these studies was often confounded with other sexualizing factors, such as posture suggestiveness, and, so, the aspects which lead people to perceive women in object-like ways remain unclear. This article begins to fill this gap by examining the role of two key sexualizing factors, namely revealing clothing and posture suggestiveness, on objectification-related traits. After exposure to a picture of a woman, 223 participants were asked to indicate the extent to which this woman possessed warmth, competence, and morality. For competence and warmth, we found an interaction between revealing clothing and posture suggestiveness: Posture suggestiveness caused less attribution of warmth and competence to women wearing revealing clothing, but not for women wearing less revealing clothing. For morality, we found that women in suggestive (vs. nonsuggestive) postures were perceived as possessing less morality, regardless of the type of clothing. The implications of these findings for the field are discussed.
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Putri, Tri Vena, and Bagong Suyanto. "The social construction of sexual violence for female politicians." Jurnal Sosiologi Dialektika 16, no. 2 (August 16, 2021): 86. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/jsd.v16i2.2021.86-96.
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The phenomenon of sexual violence is illustrated as the iceberg phenomenon. Every year the number of cases of sexual violence increases. Among the victims of sexual violence, women are the most common ones. This study aimed to examine how the social construction of sexual violence from the side of women as female politicians. The research method was qualitative. Primary data were obtained through observation and in-depth interviews. The theory employed was the social construction theory by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann. The results showed that in the externalization process, sexual violence is a reality that still has weaknesses in its handling in Indonesia due to the existence of patriarchal values in society. The objectification process resulted in a debate between the use of the KUHP and the Elimination of Sexual Violence Bill (RUU PKS) as the legal basis for sexual violence. The internalization process is a reinterpretation of sexual violence after externalization and objectivation. This study concludes, in this process, female politicians interpret sexual violence as an act of attacking the sexuality of the victim which damages the physical and psychological aspects.
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Cheruiyot, Chemutai Beatrice, Christopher Okemwa, and Nyangemi Bwocha. "Social Strategies Used by the Kipsigis Women to Contest Patriarchal Structures as Highlighted in the Songs of Diana Chemutai Musila and Babra Chepkoech." East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 2, no. 1 (September 17, 2020): 100–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.37284/eajis.2.1.215.
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Many women in Kenya, and in particular those in the Kipsigis community, are still faced with many challenges due to the patriarchal nature of their society, although the new Kenya constitution passed in 2010 provides a framework for attaining gender equality. Among the many methods of protest, art has been used in many societies as an instrument for contesting social ills including patriarchy. This has also been true to the Kipsigis community. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate the use of selected popular Kipsigis songs of Diana Chemutai Musila (Chelele) and Babra Chepkoech to contest patriarchy. Specifically, the study analysed the aspects of patriarchal oppression of the Kipsigis women as depicted in the selected Kipsigis songs; explored ways used by the Kipsigis women to contest patriarchy as highlighted in the selected Kipsigis songs and examined the literary devices used by the selected singers to expose patriarchal oppression in the selected Kipsigis songs. The target population were ten songs from the two Kipsigis artists. These artists and their songs were chosen purposively. The study was guided by American feminist literary critic and writer Elaine Showalter’s feminist ideas to explore how the artists capture the experiences of the Kipsigis women in their songs. Specifically, the study used theory to describe the existing tendencies of patriarchy in the Kipsigis society as depicted in the community’s Kipsigis songs. The data was analysed thematically and interpreted in line with the research objectives, the reviewed literature and the theoretical framework adopted for the study. The research established that popular songs, in general, are used not only for entertainment but also to address issues of great concern for society such as fighting for equity among spouses in the Kipsigis community. The study saw that there was/is need for composers to develop music that portrays positive roles of members of both genders, which could lead to the realization of an equiponderant society where men and women coexist peacefully.
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Mohamed Abd El Aziz, Heba. "Female Identity in Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook." Advances in Language and Literary Studies 9, no. 1 (February 1, 2018): 149. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.9n.1p.149.
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In the realm of art in general and literature in particular, the presence of Doris Lessing could not be denied as one of the most influential English novelists in the 1960s. Doris Lessing is a writer who is concerned with the representation of women identity in the West. In her renowned novel, The Golden Notebook Lessing aims at showcasing women identity in Europe and any aspect related to them, i.e., their psychology, political lives, relation to men and children, their place in a male-dominated society and their frequent attempts to escape from the social and political oppression. The aim of this paper is to present a truthful account of female identity from a feminist point of view.
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de Castro-Peraza, Maria-Elisa, Jesús Manuel García-Acosta, Naira Delgado-Rodriguez, Maria Inmaculada Sosa-Alvarez, Rosa Llabrés-Solé, Carla Cardona-Llabrés, and Nieves Doria Lorenzo-Rocha. "Biological, Psychological, Social, and Legal Aspects of Trans Parenthood Based on a Real Case—A Literature Review." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 6 (March 14, 2019): 925. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16060925.
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Trans men are people who, based on their genitals, were assigned the status of female at birth. However, their identity and their way of living gender do not correspond to the socially established norms. In this paper, we discuss the different perspectives in relation to transgender people and their desire for parenthood. This review, and the basis of this paper, is inspired by the case of a trans man who desired gestation with his own genetic material. He began the cycle of assisted reproduction when he was a legally recognized woman, but that attempt ended with a miscarriage. From that assisted reproduction cycle, four embryos remained frozen. After the failed experience of gestation, the person completed his transition. Now legally a man, he attempted to gestate using his reproductive organs. This literature review aimed to identify relevant studies describing the relationship between transgender person and biological parenthood. This study comprehensively addresses important aspects one should know when considering a transgender pregnancy. These factors include biological, psychological, social, and legal issues. After reviewing the state-of-the-art information on trans parenthood, the main conclusion is that ‘the desire to have a child is not a male or female desire but a human desire’.
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Coffee, Alan M. S. J. "Freedom as Independence: Mary Wollstonecraft and the Grand Blessing of Life." Hypatia 29, no. 4 (2014): 908–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hypa.12093.
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Independence is a central and recurring theme in Mary Wollstonecraft's work. Independence should not be understood as an individualistic ideal that is in tension with the value of community but as an essential ingredient in successful and flourishing social relationships. I examine three aspects of this rich and complex concept that Wollstonecraft draws on as she develops her own notion of independence as a powerful feminist tool. First, independence is an egalitarian ideal that requires that all individuals, regardless of sex, be protected to a comparable extent in all areas of social, political, and economic life, no matter whether this is in the public or private sphere. Second, so long as this egalitarian condition is not compromised, independence allows for individuals to perform differentiated social roles, including along gendered lines. Finally, the ongoing and collective input of both women and men is required to ensure that the conditions necessary for social independence are maintained. In Wollstonecraft's hands, then, independence is a powerful ideal that allows her to argue that women must be able to act on their own terms as social and political equals, doing so as women whose perspectives and interests may differ from men's.
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Sharma, Dr Rajni, and Mrs Poonam Gaur. "Women Predicament in 'A Journey on Bare Feet' by Dalip Kaur Tiwana." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 8, no. 2 (February 11, 2020): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v8i2.10391.
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The autobiographical impulse and act is central to woman's writing in India. The range of Indian women's writing generates an unending discourse on personalities, woman's emotions and ways of life. In a way, it presents the socio-cultural state in India from a woman's stance. It affords a peep into Indian feminism too. Besides giving a historical perspective, it throws ample light on woman's psychic landscape. It takes us to the deepest emotions of a woman's inner being. The varied aspects of woman's personality find expression in the female autobiographical literature. We find that a deeper study of women’s autobiographies unravel the hidden recesses of feminine psyche of Indian society. Whatsoever the position of women maybe, behind every social stigma, there is woman, either in the role of mother-in-law, sister‑in‑law or wife. The women writers with sharp linguistic, cultural and geographical environment represented the problems and painful stories of Indian women from 19th century until date. However, they have not shared the contemporary time of the history, the problems of patriarchal society, treatment women, broken marriages and the identity crises for the women remained similar. Women writers have also been presenting woman as the centre of concern in their novels. Women oppression, exploitation, sob for liberation are the common themes in their fiction.
Dalip Kaur Tiwana is one of the most distinguished Punjabi novelists, who writes about rural and innocent women’s physical, psychological and emotional sufferings in a patriarchal society. As a woman, she feels women’s sufferings, problems, barricades in the path of progress as well as the unrecognized capabilities in her. Dalip Kaur Tiwana has observed Indian male dominated society very closely and has much understanding of social and ugly marginalization of women. She can be considered a social reformer as she is concerned with human conditions and devises for the betterment of women's condition in Indian Punjabi families. This paper focuses on the theme of feminist landscape. It presents the miserable plight of women characters. She has come across since her childhood. Women, who felt marginalized, alienated, isolated and detached in their lives, but were helpless as no law was there in her time to punish the outlaws. Dalip Kaur Tiwana beautifully portrays the landscape of her mind. The paper shows how Dalip Kaur Tiwana presents the unfortunate image of her mother, grandmother aunts and some other obscure women who were unable to mete out justice during their life time.