Gender 101—Response Paper AssignmentsYou must complete both of the following assignments Requirements:•Both papers must be focused around a thesis, use topic sentences within its body paragraphs,...

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Title: Cultural Analysis
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Contents
Introduction    3
Feminism- A Theory of Social, Political and Economic Equality of Sexes    3
Rhetoric Dimension and Conclusion    7
Works Cited    8
Introduction
The word feminism was initiated to link women movements in the 60s and 70s era so that their suffragette can be expressed freely. Feminism is known to be the new chapter where the women fight for their rights. The word feminism, which was introduced as a wave metaphor later, started distinguishing itself as gender activism that distinguished itself from one generation to the other. In the year 1919 when thousands of women demanded in front of the White House the right to vote, they were given the right to vote in the next presidential election.
This led to an understanding of the feminist protest guaranteed laws and rights that were kept unseen for women in society. It is a subject of discussion whether, it is the society, the men or the women them who needs to be blamed for this unequal treatment of the women. The thesis statement of discussion in the essay is whether the topic of masculinity is only related to male gender or whether the subject entails criticism of the existing patriarchal society. Moreover, if women are the supporter of this patriarchy.
Feminism- A Theory of Social, Political and Economic Equality of Sexes
The chosen text is by De Beauvoir; his well-known text, ‘The Second Sex’, in which he portrays a psychoanalytic text where he evaluates every aspect of female experience and their placement in terms of humanity with relation to the men in the society. It is not just the preconceived notion related to sex, marriage and the societal stigma but deals with law, traditions, philosophy and psychology of women. On this context, the article selected is the Harper magazine that portrays the utilization of the digital magazine in creating a platform for women voice (Harper's Bazaar). As stated by Joe Hyrkin, the CEO of ‘issuu’ magazine, the various issues that required attention socially and the women are the best representatives in raising their voices against the growing indifferences on women.
Therefore, they are magazines like 'issuu' who are providing women with the ability to discuss various issues like rape and harassment on a public platform that can be accessed by all digitally. Another magazine the Siren that has been also referred in the text is ‘The Siren’. This magazine provides the young female writer with the incentive and the voice to raise concerns from the college campus. These initiatives highlight the fact that feminism is not just any activism, rather it is a strength given to the unheard voices of the second sex in the society to fight back. There are various debates that are represented by these magazines that include gender biases, power and issues related to violence against women.
Another digital magazine mentioned by Harper is the ‘Tom Tom Magazine'. 'TomTom magazine' although portrays the social stigma related to the constricting few jobs to men only have...