This paper provides an overview of the ways in which the resurgence of new and radical feminist movements in South Korea and the impeachment of Park Geun-hye led to the increased politicization of...Show moreThis paper provides an overview of the ways in which the resurgence of new and radical feminist movements in South Korea and the impeachment of Park Geun-hye led to the increased politicization of feminist issues by President Moon Jae-in’s embodiment as a feminist president. I first discuss and compare Moon’s campaign strategies from 2012 and 2017, noting several elements that would have a high probability of influencing Moon’s decisions on promising to be a feminist president. I then analyze Moon’s promises on feminist issues during the February 2017 speech in which Moon declares to become a feminist president, and the fulfillment thereof, which highlights certain parallels between the US and South Korean presidential democracy. The paper concludes that Moon has done a reasonable job at fulfilling around two-thirds of a public feminist agenda, but has failed to address problems in South Korean society that opponents of public feminism, postmodern and radical feminists in particular, would consider important.Show less
The role of women in the current scholarly debate in Iran is analyzed within the framework of sexuality giving more acknowledgment to the topics of womanhood,female sexuality, and homoerotics. A...Show moreThe role of women in the current scholarly debate in Iran is analyzed within the framework of sexuality giving more acknowledgment to the topics of womanhood,female sexuality, and homoerotics. A comparison within medieval writings such as Al-Ghazali's Revivification of Religious Sciences and current translated books will determine women's role within society at the turn of the twentieth century in Iran. Furthermore, the introduction of the hetero-normalization within society will challenge the existing order within society and give a new definition to womanhood.Show less
