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There have been many feminists who have criticized the discrimination against women. However, there are a few who are pioneers when it comes to gender studies and feminism. These critics are important as they help one understand Feminism in a better way and can be referred to while preparing a paper for feminism.
JS MILL: He can be regarded as one of the pioneer MALES who believed in Feminism. Women in the 19th century were supposed to be like unforced labor. Women’s property goes to man, but she has no share when her man dies. She is subjected to men for her lifetime. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT: She is considered as one of her best works- [...]CASSANDRA by FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE – CRITICISMS
(Written in 1852, Published in 1958)
Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam and Hecuba of Troy. Apollo gave her the power of prophecy in order to seduce her, but when she refused, she was cursed for never to be believed. Florence Nightingale uses Cassandra as metaphor for the helplessness of women that she attributes to over-feminization.
Landow: Florence Nightingale denies societal restrictions on female interpretations by making such interpretations in the first place, and she makes them specifically those of the female sage by aggressively reinterpreting the commonplaces of male-centred biblical and [...]
