Lagos Elite Women and the Struggle for Legitimacy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saheed Aderinto
Keyword(s):  
Women's Rights ◽  
Sexual Politics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Paradoxical Situation ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Illicit Sexuality ◽  
Prostitution Laws

This chapter focuses on Lagos elite women's sexual politics. Lagos elite women were the first to insert illicit sexuality into their long list of projects aimed at improving women's sociopolitical and economic visibility. Like the male nationalists, they expressed optimism that the 1940s prohibitionist regime would help curb the menace of prostitution, especially the trafficking of girls. With time, the elite women would be disappointed by the paradoxical situation resulting from anti-prostitution laws: on the one hand, they fulfilled the demand for policing prostitutes and controlling the influx of girls into Lagos, but on the other hand, they opened up new arenas for the violation of women's rights.

scholarly journals Pemahaman Hadis Misoginis dalam Kitab Uqudul Lujayn di Pondok Pesantren An-Nur Semarang

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Akhmad Khozin
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
The One ◽  
Description Form

This research is based on the problems in society related to the rights and roles of women who are neglected, because the indications of Hadith misogynically interpreted by classical commentators, on the one hand upholds the dignity of women, but on the other hand castrates women's rights by limiting the women's role in marriage life and closing their steps to contribute in the environment. The purposes of this study are; (1) to know the extent to which the students' understanding of the Hadiths studied in  uqudul lujayn book; (2) to dig into the understanding built in the study of the lqliya texts related to the misogynical Hadith; (3) to imply the understanding to everyday life. The method used in this study is a qualitative method by presenting data through verbal and then changed into description form, not numbers. The results showed that; (1) the santri who studied lqya lujayn book initially did not understand the existence of the misogynous Hadith and only understood the book and the teacher's information, after in-depth study, the students sought to re-understand by combining; (2) in the classical and hermeneutic method of interpretation  can be understood that there is no misogynist Hadith, but Hadits misogynically interpreted; (3) the understanding is implied on the activities of santriwati an-Nur in everyday life.

scholarly journals Patriarchal Usurpation of the Modjadji Dynasty: A Gender-critical Reading of the History and Reign of the Modjadji Rain Queens

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kabelo O Motasa ◽  
Lilly (S.J.) Nortjé-Meyer
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
The Other ◽  
African Women ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
African Feminism ◽  
The Core ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

The setting of the Modjadji dynasty is on the one hand in a South African democratic space with an appraisal of women’s rights, and on the other hand in a rural traditionalist setting where women have a designated place under patriarchy. How the queens navigate their rule, in circumstances where the modern and traditional seek to occupy the same space, requires a gender-critical reading. Questions about their ability to autonomously dispense their duties as queens and exercise freedom over their livelihoods in a culture that emanates from a patriarchal rule, inform the core objectives in this article. Diverging from the western form of feminism, which has been suspected of universalising challenges faced by women like Vashti and Esther, to African feminism that is more context-based, helps in unearthing patriarchal traits directly affecting African women. The intention is not to discredit one form of feminism or the other, but to explore how such a fusion can help in the emancipation of women, as this is the goal of African feminism.

CONFORMAL COUPLING'S OUTRAGEOUS LEGACY

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1531-1536
Author(s):  
L. RAUL ABRAMO ◽  
LEON BRENIG ◽  
EDGARD GUNZIG
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
The Other ◽  
Minimal Coupling ◽  
Quantum Stability ◽  
Paradoxical Situation ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Hilbert Action ◽  
Scalar Gravity

In Einstein's gravity, non-minimal coupling of a scalar field to the scalar curvature leads to a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, it opens the way to qualitatively new cosmological dynamics. On the other hand, there are sectors of non-minimally coupled scalar-gravity theories for which the Einstein–Hilbert action reverses its sign, which seems to indicate that the whole system is unstable. We show how conformal coupling bypasses this problem. Due to a subtle interplay between gravity and the scalar field, classical and quantum stability are guaranteed globally. This liberates conformal coupling from a serious obstacle. Inflationary solutions in the new sector are also presented, which are validated by current observations.

scholarly journals Broadcast television flow scheduling and the viewers’ zapping: conflicting practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Cintra Torres
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cable Tv ◽  
Broadcast Television ◽  
Paradoxical Situation ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Consecutive Period ◽  
The One

Broadcast television and its audiences live a paradoxical situation: on the one hand, channels still schedule according to the concept of flow; on the other hand, viewers’ zapping counters it. This paper wishes to ascertain the audiences’ practices regarding their fidelity to flow. The research tries to answer these questions: how many viewers watch the same channel during a long consecutive period? How many viewers watch a complete programme? Are there significant differences in zapping versus flow faithfulness according to sex, age, socio-demographic class and cable TV access? Is “companionship television” still a viewers’ consume practice? The research verifies the effectiveness of flow scheduling, which, while being an ideology and a scheduling and self-promotion practice, is not a practice of most viewers. The results show that flow faithfulness flow is a minority behaviour mainly of older people, women, lower classes and viewers without occupation.

Backlash and Appropriation

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-122
Author(s):  
Fran Amery
Keyword(s):  
Women's Rights ◽  
The Other ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Legal Abortion ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Pro Choice

This chapter assesses abortion debates in the 1980s and 1990s. By this point, anti-abortion actors were attempting to solve their PR problem by mimicking their opponents’ arguments, moving away from a conservative emphasis on morality and vice, and towards an appropriation of the liberal-paternalist and feminist arguments that had been put forward in support of legal abortion. This was done by adopting seemingly feminist language in talking about medical power, exploitation and women’s rights. Pro-choice and feminist actors, on the other hand, typically avoided challenging the logics underpinning the Abortion Act. Few alternatives to the current, highly medicalised system of abortion provision were proffered; rather, pro-choice actors were forced into a reactive position defending the Abortion Act from anti-abortion attacks.

Muslim Women Leaders and Legal Reform in Postcolonial Kenya

Hawwa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-77
Author(s):  
Ousseina Alidou
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Women Leaders ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Legal Reform ◽  
The Other ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
The One

The post-Cold War conditions created new socio-political spaces in Kenya for new articulations of Muslim women’s public activism and leadership. This essay focuses on two such Muslim women in terms of their leadership responses to issues of Muslim women’s rights in Kenya as framed within a secular paradigm, on the one hand, and within an Islamic one, on the other. In spite of their differences, the essay concludes the efforts of the two leaders complement each other in fundamental ways, especially with regards to their contributions to the national debates on theShari’aand the reform of the Kadhi’s Court.

Sexual activism and ‘actually existing eroticism’: The politics of victimization and ‘lynching’ in Argentina

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-470
Author(s):  
Mario Pecheny ◽  
Luca Zaidan ◽  
Mirna Lucaccini
Keyword(s):  
Political Action ◽  
Sexual Politics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Political Strategies ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Neoliberal Governance ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
The One

Focusing on the case of Argentina, this text discusses two issues. The first refers to the tension between progress in feminist and LGBTIQ+ politics, on the one hand, and erotic-affective practices, that is, ‘actually existing eroticism,’ on the other hand. This tension is analyzed on two levels: first, through the construction of identities, theoretical perspectives, and political strategies in the sex-gender arena from a stance of victimization; and second, through examining new ‘normativities’ that resulted from the achievements by feminist and LGBTIQ+ movements in transforming their demands into laws and policies. The second issue calls attention to a particular form of political action: public shaming and what the authors refer to here as ‘lynching,’ which describes extreme methods of a sexual politics of victimization in a context of neoliberal governance.

Fornication as a criminal conduct in the Criminal Code Draft: Legal Protection versus Criminalization against Women

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Laili Nur Anisah
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
The Other ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Criminal Conduct

<p>On 14 February 2018 the Draft of the Criminal Code (RKUHP) was adjourned until an undetermined time, several articles deemed to be problematic. One of them is a criminal act of fornication. A new article will convict a denial-men who promises woman he has intercoursed with. Eventhough that article is meant to protect women, on the other hand, it can also be a factor to victimize women as perpetrator. This paper examines the position of women among the articles which will protect women's rights as well as those which criminalize them. This paper is a normative juridical study by using literature review and aims to find the problem and also intend solving it. The result, victimized-women protection Article in RKUHP should carefully be formulated in order not to allow victim women to be criminalized.</p>

Family changes and women’s rights in Europe. Towards gender equality?

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-27
Author(s):  
Roland Pfefferkorn
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Blended Families ◽  
Birth Parents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Biological Relationship ◽  
The One

In this article I will try to articulate that gender equality means also changing the patriarchal system. In my opinion, family changes in the last decades contributed to defense and development of women’s rights. Family changes and family varies from one society to the other. Anywhere and at any time in the history of human societies, kinship systems and family systems have evolved and continue to do so. But European societies today are torn between two contradictory trends, on the one hand we can observe the extension of social relationship in the case of blended families, and on the other hand the continuing reference to a genealogical, therefore biological relationship, because adoption in Europe and the United States still refers to the model of a fictitious family lineage. It displaces real family lineage of birth parents which legally disappear.

Developing Creative Thinking in Arithmetic

1957 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-12
Author(s):  
Calvin H. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
The Other ◽  
Creative Thought ◽  
Paradoxical Situation ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

IN THIS DECADE OF 1950–60, we find ourselves faced with a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, we pay high tribute to the creative minds that have helped to make America great—politically, economically, scientifically, and socially. We bestow our admiration on our Einsteins, Carvers, Edisons, Salks, Jeffersons, and others, because they contributed much to make our lives richer and happier. These men were creative thinkers. On the other hand, as we review the contemporary scene, we can identify people, forces and institutions that are suppressing creative thought and opinions of individuals.

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