女权主义英文论文

Högskolan Dalarna

Course name: EN1019 English Sociolinguistics

Supervisor: Soraya Tharani

Is the word ‘Feminism’ good or bad? -Analyzing the word

‘Feminism’ in different gender group s.

Semester, H2011

Junyu.Wu

870210T083

Table of contents

Abstract: the aim of this essay is to examine the use of the word ‘feminism’ in different gender groups: the education group, the age group and the social group. After analyzing the response from those groups, the readers can see the different reflection of ‘feminism’ both fro m males and females in different groups. Then, the readers can find males and females talk differently of ‘feminism’in their representation. Also, different groups have different attitudes towards ‘feminism’. In conclusion,‘feminism’ is not a negati ve word that most people avoid. It should be a ‘positive’ word that most people have accepted and it also represents the new opinion of young females in the modern life.

1. Introduction (1)

1.1 Aim (1)

2. Theoretical Background (1)

2.1 (1)

2.2 (1)

2.3 (2)

3. Methodology and Data (2)

3.1 Method of data analysis (2)

3.2 Data (3)

3.3 Method of data collection (3)

4. Data analysis and Results (4)

4.1 (4)

4.2 (4)

4.3 (5)

4.4 Results (5)

5. Conclusion (6)

References (6)

Appendix (6)

Introduction:

In recent years, the topic of ‘feminism’has been argued both positively and negatively. Nowadays, for different genders, this word has different meanings and males and female also have di fferent attitudes to ‘feminism’. S ome males and females think it’s positive while some others disagree. In this way, the readers may think about ‘feminism’ as being either positive or negative and why different genders have different opinions of it. In this paper, I will choose three different groups; the education standards group, the age group and the social group both for males and females. Then, I will survey them. These groups will be analyzed for different representation and ideologies in the language of males and females. The aim of this investigation is to see why males and females talk differently about this word. Lastly, ‘feminism’is not a negative word as some people think.

Theoretical background:

As to t he meaning of ‘feminism’: ‘m ost people think ‘feminism’ is about equality of the sexes, and activism to achieve equality of women’. (Lewis Jone Johnson: ) this theory is called ‘Socialist Feminism and was used increasingly during the 1970s to describe a mixed theoretical and practical method to achieving women’s equality. In addition,this theory analyzed the relation between the oppression of women and other oppression in society.’ (Napikoski Linda: )

The different meanings and attitudes of ‘feminism’ come from gender groups. In the Cambridge dictionary, the definition of ‘feminism’ is the belief that women should be allowed the same rights as men and be treated in the same way, but also when it is used to describe a man that means the behavior of man is similar to women. ‘According to MS magazine; ‘feminism’ sounds like a negative word for most women, they don’t like it or use it.’(Jolna Karon: ) However, a very interesting article which is from ‘Men in Feminism’said ‘some men seem to be interested in ‘Feminism’; they prefer to acquire more knowledge of it and encourage more of them to realize that feminism benefits everyone.’(Garcha Lizzie: ) Therefore, to some extent, the readers can find that males and females still have different attitudes to this word.