This is a feminism jurisprudence coursework that I have been graded as a high second upper in my university. It includes theories analysis and academic view derived from various ranges of researches. This will definitely help you to get a good grasp and guidance to write a better essay plan answer....
Answer: What type of feminism strand that you have agreed to?
3.
Historical / political / cultural context of theorist / school
Answer: Talk about the chosen theory background. For example, what is the reason for the chosen theory emerged?
4.
Important primary sources
Answer: Original works by your chosen theorist / school.
For example, if you have chosen cultural feminism , Nancy Chodorow and Carol Gilligan are the main theorists that you have to talk about in order to elaborate your argument.
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Then, explanation of the theory
Answer: Here, you need to talk about what is the main argument of the theorist. Give a summary of their proposed arguments from their books and backup it with some others academic views which in line with them. Here, since we are talking about cultural feminism, Robin West\'s article will be good to reflect this strand of cultural feminism.
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Feminism Jurisprudence
Feminist jurisprudence is fundamental to the aspects of women’s rights.1 It
concerns the experiences and oppressions of women.2 Accordingly, Patricia Smith
has commented that the mutual objective of all feminists is the opposition of the legal
system which not only reflects, but also reinforces a male perspective.3 However,
feminist jurisprudence is not just a single theory.4 On the contrary, Katherine Barlett
defines it as a collection of different movements and philosophies which all have the
common goal of achieving equality for women with men. The differences among
feminists’ schools of thought is the way in which they attempt to solve the problem of
patriarchy.5 Therefore, Cain offers a useful categorisation of feminists into four schools
of thought such as liberal, radical, cultural and post-modern feminists, based on the
various ways in which each school approaches equality.6
This essay explores the advantages and drawbacks of cultural feminism. The
reason why this paper undertakes this school of thought topic is because it is the
closest vision of feminism to which one could agree upon. Then, the remaining part of
this paper will go on to discuss the TED talk which requires one to examine whether
gender equality is beneficial to all parties.
Unlike other types of feminists, cultural feminists acknowledge and embrace
the differences between women and men.7 They celebrate the distinctive norm of
1
Raymond Wacks, Understanding Jurisprudence (Oxford University Press 2015) 340
2
Elizabeth M. Schneider, “Particularity and Generality: Challenges of Feminist Theory and Practice in Work on
Woman-Abuse” (1992) 67 N.Y.U.L. Rev 520, 521
3 th
Michael D. A Freeman and Dennis Lloyd Lloyd of Hampstead, Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence (9 edn,
Sweet & Maxwell)
4
Raymond Wacks, Understanding Jurisprudence (Oxford University Press 2015) 340
5 th
Brian Bix, Jurisprudence: Theory and Context (6 edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2012) 242
6
Patricia Cain, “Feminism and the Limits of Equality” (1990) 24 Ga. L. Rev. 803,841
7 th
Michael D. A Freeman and Dennis Lloyd Lloyd of Hampstead, Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence (9 edn,
Sweet & Maxwell) 1082
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