Muslim women can be involved in both Islam and hip-hop (McMurray, 2008). McMurray says that people often ignore the discourses surrounding Islam, which consequently ignores some Muslim groups such as the Black Muslim women. These women are used as agents of negotiating the relationship between Islamic faith and the hip-hop culture. She studies how the Black Muslim women negotiate hip-hop music and Islam, and how the society marginalizes the Black women due to their involvement in hip-hop music. McMurray uses...
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In the natural world, humans live in a world where sexual aspects are involved, a vast realm that often parallels the relationship between identity and pleasure. The human’s urge for pleasure is indisputable - a condition that is emphasized in daily life. Throughout history, religious perspectives and various philosophies have aimed to create a universal framework to ensure the fulfillment of sexual pleasures via healthy means. A substructure deemed not only healthy for an individual, but humankind is the objective....
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In the past men and women were never equal, even now sometimes there is still gender inequality. The Holy Quran has given the same status to men and women as it says that they are both from the same origin and due to this fact women should not be looked down upon men as lower creatures. In Islam, if you think about religion women and men were moral equals in God’s sight. They are equals in religion, but not identical...
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Women are always defined as creatures with unique traits, soft and full of emotions. Strong but might still need help at one time; a woman. The culture of respecting women has been introduced a long time ago and still be practiced until today shows how humans acknowledge each other without validating one through their characteristics and features. It is also being taught in the religion including Islam to be thoughtful to others. In fact, Islam prioritises women and their special...
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In Islam, people are good equivalents in God's sight and are required to satisfy similar obligations of love, supplication, confidence, alms-giving, fasting, and Hajj. Islam, for the most part, has improved the status of women in contrast to the old Arab societies, restricting female child murder. Islamic law accentuates the legally binding nature of marriage, necessitating that a settlement be paid to the lady as opposed to her family, and ensuring the privileges of legacy and to possess and oversee...
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In Gender Ambiguity in Islam, South Asia and Contemporary Pakistan, the treatment of sex/gender non normativity in Islam is as diverse as Islam itself. Historical and scholarly sources reveal theological differences in constructions of sex, gender and sexuality. Meanwhile, the history of the Indian subcontinent indicates that individuals with gender and genital ambiguities went from having important social functions to being criminalized. However, in present-day Pakistan, the laws related to Khawaja Siras have both constrained and empowered gender ambiguous people,...
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Muslim women are often seen as subjects that require liberation from the restrictions established by the patriarchal Islamic societal structure. However, this is not always the case and recognizing the clear distinction between choice and force is essential to avoid misleading presumptions. In this literature review, the influence of Islamism on the daily life of women will be analyzed specifically based on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The authoritarian regime has maintained theocracy through the active application of Islamic...
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INTRODUCTION Topic of my report is “Situation of women before Islam in Arab, Iran, India and Rome” related to the main topic “Current Social, Moral and Political Challenges of Muslims” as the situation of women before Islam was worse in these nations and relating it with situation of women after advent of Islam and current situation women in these nations. Before Islam women had not a good status they were degraded in most of the nations. They were not given...
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Through the history different belief systems and religions have arisen in which genders’ social standing has varied in some degree. Among all these religions, Islam is one of the most worshipped ones; therefore, how women are socially active, and how they are treated in this belief system should be discussed. Even though there are mainstream stereotypes claiming that women are mainly discriminated in Islam, actually in this religion females and males are perceived to be equal in many aspects. I...
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Introduction The institution of religion as per the view of the feminist, especially the Abrahamic religions are patriarchal in nature, given the fact that the creation of the institution of religion from a sociological perspective, historical perspective as well as from a divine and theological perspective have been male-dominated with very less importance given to the role of the women and the ones who have found a mention of in the holy scriptures, have been mostly tangential and almost all...
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The treatment of women and minority groups has had a largely negative impact on the morally correct standards of religions. Christianity and Islam are the two biggest religions in the world. Their sacred texts (the Bible and Qu’ran) state clearly their opinions of how women should be seen; however, both the Bible and the Qu’ran treat outsiders/minorities (not including women) as equals. Christianity has now conceded to the fact that women were initially seen as a minority during the time...
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Hundreds of major league baseball (MLB) games are televised nationally every year with the players being paid an average salary of 1 million dollars. Depending on their skill and how eager an organization wants a player it can go up from there. Did you know that there was a pro softball league? Most likely not, the softball league consists of 6 teams with the average salary below 100 thousand dollars. Female athletes are paid 40% of what male athletes are...
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Gender has been a huge divider in society since time can remember. The way men were raised was completely different than how women were raised. Women were raised to be gentle and also how to be a housewife while men were the ones who were brought as being better than woman simply because they were stronger and could do more. Over the years some of those things have changed however women are still being mistreated and brought up in a...
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When sports media first began, it was predominantly male sporting events that got the most of the attention; female sports were almost irrelevant for quite a while. Producers saw male sport as more interesting and important. As you may have noticed, all of the events spoken about in the “the beginning of sports media” section are all male sports. The media was evidently more encouraged to get men’s sport on the television and make it more accessible than women’s sport....
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Sports is the largest sector of the creative industry capable of driving economic growth as well as an increasingly important tool to foster social inclusion and equity, and to enhance diversity. As an effective vehicle, sports can strengthen individual capacity and improve lives in communities where programmes are being conscientiously developed and implemented. The potential of sports to improve the productivity of a country’s workforce and to build a healthier, physically active population delivers it (sports) as a catalyst for...
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When I play basketball, I always feel embarrassed by the fact that I’m playing a game that’s a lot more intended for guys, as they say. The guys would usually let me out of their way, or call me names like I’m a huge tomboy for playing basketball. I’ve been going through that for awhile and when I challenge them to a game and I win at the end, their reactions would be so embarrassed because someone like me, a...
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Sports is one of the most popular activities of mankind across the world. It is well valued between all ages, gender and races. However, in early years of modern Olympics, women were not well represented. Women participated for the first time at the 1900 Paris games only in tennis and golf. Then, women’s athletics and gymnastics started in the Olympics 1928. Through time, more women's events were added. In 2012, women's boxing was introduced, resulting with no remaining sports that...
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Before modern education evolved, religious authorities and institutions were responsible for teaching reading and writing, generating and distributing sacred and secular knowledge for many centuries. Religion plays a vital role in the history and development of our society. This essay will tackle the differences and similarities between Christianity and Islam, the traditional social roles of women based on the sacred texts of both religions and aims to veil the direct connections and impact of these teachings on the current stand...
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Reproduction and the labor of women Women’s bodies and biology has often been reduced to their reproductive capacities which goes on to show how this reduction has aided marginalization of women in social, economic and political aspects. This debate interestingly has garnered two major, yet almost opposite, opinions in feminist science studies. This highlights differences in feminist beliefs and that feminism is a broad range of movements and ideologies towards betterment of life for women. These ideologies do not have...
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The world of science is in the midst of gender reckoning. Women cannot go on being persistently ignored. They also play a key role in our lives. From the earliest times of human civilization there are some very significant contributions which women have played a key role in by offering their scholarly research. They have made their own success stories while also facing barriers. Many of the world’s largest problems would have gone unsolved if men would have continued the...
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Introduction This scientific paper on portrayal of women in different Indian religion intends to present how women are treated in religion, the importance given to women in religion, the specific roles played by women in religion. This term paper will enlighten you with a holistic understanding of women’s role in different religion. Certainly religion creates an important impact in every woman’s life which is an undeniable truth. Religion is just an instrument to make human life meaningful and significant irrespective...
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The article Becoming Visible: Religion and Gender in Sociology goes into two main points. In the first point the author goes into detail about how religious participation is gendered disturbs the standard assumption about secularization. The second main point the author seeks to understand religion through a gender lens. Methods Throughout the article the author does not mention doing many surveys. She does mention one survey done in North America and Europe that say, “women are more likely to be...
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As we all know many of girls aren't choosing any Math’s or science subjects, because some of those people are saying they cannot afford to study those subjects and some of them saying its hard to keep up with the work when you have family to take care of and it’s hard to find an affordable childcare. Mr. Tarek Mostafa stats that “Students’ career choices may be influenced by their understanding of their relative academic strengths, as well as their...
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In the essay “why women smile” the author Amy Cunningham analyzes the logic behind why women smile. According to her article women have been influenced by society in the way they show or do not show their emotions. So my essay will go over how women are still not wholly equal and how society still has control over the way women act. In opening the article, the author seems to convey the idea that the leading cause of a woman’s...
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Many women's lives changed in various ways during World War II. Women were mobilised in very different manners in the United States and Nazi Germany. The role of women was a contested aspect of the war as perceptions of women's roles at the time were influenced by ideas and propaganda. In the United States, with a lot less men in the workforce, women were compelled to take on jobs that were primarily done by men both in the workforce and...
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Introduction In 2000, the director Mary Harron released a thriller film based on Bret Easton Ellis’s most well-known book called American Psycho, which was published in 1991. This movie is not only a portrait of the capitalist society satirically by giving an exaggerated stereotype of 1980s’ Chief Executive Officer of Wall Street who is holding an axe in the finest CEO suit and tie as a serial killer, but it also criticized the Yuppie culture which is the social value...
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Advertising and media have always been there, in commercials, tarpaulines, brochures and other means of advertisement. We cannot deny that these tools of promoting any products and services have always impact and effects to the audience. According to “Ryte Wiki dictionary” the advertising media is used for communicating a promotional message which include billboards, television, print media, newspapers, online banners, radio advertisement and any advertising meduim. Because it is a platoform to promote a product and to catch the eye...
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Instagram is a digital platform of photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and originally launched on iOS in October 2010. With a total of 849.3 million users all over the world, it certainly makes Instagram the 3rd digital platform with the most users, under Facebook and Snapchat. Broadly speaking, it can indeed be said that women are more active in social media than men. Of course with the high...
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INTRODUCTION Over the past thirty years, two sexual revolutions have taken place, a dramatic increase in awareness of sexual problems and the simultaneous expansion of the range of therapies for sexual ailments; and a radical change in sexual behavior and behavior. The discussion focused on the ethical implications of these changes. The standards of sexual morality in this society are derived from the Judeo-Christian tradition. In this passage, sexuality is first linked to the establishment of a permanent relationship between...
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The lives of women differed throughout America’s history as they fought to secure the Blessings of Liberty. Despite the hardships that women faced, they continued their best to prosper and to defy society’s role for them. Women faced the stereotype of being less intelligent, capable, and strong but they worked to prove these ideas wrong. These women from all over the United States came together to achieve a common goal; obtaining rights. Life changed for women of all classes from...
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