Abstract

 Nowadays, when the majority of people talking about feminism, not in the traditional literary works as a template for the analysis of sociology, the author borrowed a new published documentary literature to help social surveys and then used social feminist perspective to talk about the status quo of feminism. Although the study of feminism at this stage has made a lot of achievements (such as works), such as Professor Li Yinhe’s Rise of Women’s Rights, but there are still many deficiencies. Many scholars in the analysis of literary works like Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility and other literary works, while they did not combine the actual situation to analyze the current lack of practical significance, and today there are many gender discrimination on the issue is fatal. And the author would like to take Half the Sky to discuss the current situation of feminism in-depth. Most of the research on feminism in today’s society is concentrated in the sociological point of view, a few from the perspective of historical research. Although some people from the literary direction to research feminism, but most of them from traditional classical literary works, which is the lack of practical significance. The author chose the latest American documentary literature, which combined with social reality to study, hoping to draw a different conclusion.

    Key words: Feminism; Half the Sky; current situation

Contents

Abstract

摘要

Introduction1

Chapter 1 Literature Review2

1.1 Feminism2

1.2 Two Feminist Movements2

1.2.1 The First Feminist Movement3

1.2.2 The Second Feminist Movement. 4

Chapter 2 The Reality of Women’s Despair in Half the Sky7

2.1 Sexual Trafficking and Forced Prostitution7

2.1.1 The Reality of Sexual Trafficking7

2.1.2 The Reality of Forced Prostitution8

2.2 Gender-based Violence8

2.2.1 The Reality of Collective Rape9

2.2.2 The Reality of Honor Murder9

2.3 Maternal Mortality Ratio10

Chapter 3 The Reality of Women’s Hope in Half the Sky12

3.1 How Women Achieve Gender Equality from Themselves12

3.1.1 Female Education12

3.1.2 Female Economy13

3.1.3 Girl Helps Girl14

3.2 How Men Can Help Achieve Gender Equality15

3.2.1 “He for She”15

3.2.2 The Progressive Male Movement15

Chapter 4 Feminism in the New Age17

4.1 Post-feminism17

4.2 New Feminism17

Conclusion19

Bibliography20

Acknowledgements22