female body and writing. Through her ‘Écriture Féminine’, she urges women to deconstruct the patriarchal laws
information to their offspring about the environment in which they will be growing up, such as availability of resources. Thus, young may be better adapted to the environment when they know what to expect,” (“Nurture has greater effect than nature”). For instance, in WWII, mothers who experienced food deprivation during pregnancy had children who were more susceptible to obesity, heart disease, and diabetes (Paul). This is due to the body adjusting itself to conserve energy for the expected barren environment
William Dean Howells’ “Editha” features a woman of the same name who reads romantic novels and parrots what she reads from newspapers. Her fiancé Gearson is a pacifist, but she convinces him to join the army and fight in the war. He dies in battle, and Editha mourns this loss; however, she never comprehends her role in his death. “The Yellow Wall-paper,” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is told by journal entries of a nameless woman. The narrator suffers from postpartum depression and is isolated
Feminism grew out of women’s movement against the long history of bias against and inhuman treatment of women by patriarchal men. Feminists, especially in the West started expressing concern on the issue of sex, gender, and even language, which was the product of patriarchy. Postcolonial feminism refutes prejudiced power relationships. It started a fight for the equal justice and equal opportunity for women. We are familiar with the history that women were paid less than a man for the same work
Literature Review Environmental performance and its components The emergence of the importance of environment in recent years is reflected in the outgrowth of literature and world forum focused on the environment. Recently held Paris Climate meeting marked the historic Paris agreement, which sets the stage for ambitious climate action by all signing countries to ensure that global temperatures rise no more than 2 degrees Celsius (United Nations SDG, 2016). There are several SDG goals which directly