Browsing by Subject "Feminism"
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Gastêr, Nêdys, and Thauma: Feminine Sources of Deception and Generation in Hesiod’s Theogony
(2015)Through his characterization of Gaia, Metis, Athena, and Pandora, Hesiod attributes the potential for generation and deception to feminine sources and describes how the masculine characters, such as Ouranos, Kronos, Zeus ... -
THE GENDERED EXPERIENCES OF NURSES IN UNDERSTANDING HOPE IN PALLIATIVE CARE
(2015)This feminist phenomenological study explored the gendered experiences of nurses in understanding hope in palliative care. Six nurses from a palliative care unit in southern Ontario were purposely recruited for this study. ... -
Just Trying to Relate: Exploring a Potential Middle Ground Between Relational and Distributive Egalitarian Theories
(2016-08-30)In this thesis, I explore the possibility of an egalitarian theory that reconciles distributive and relational approaches. Although I will not advance a complete and unified theory of equality, I will discuss the advantages ... -
REPRODUCTIVE (IN)JUSTICE IN CANADIAN PRISONS FOR WOMEN
(2022-06-14)Introduction: The population of people incarcerated in federal prisons for women in Canada increases every year. They experience barriers to reproductive health care and traumatic separations from children. The federal ... -
Scrolling is not Extended Mind-Wandering: How TikTok's 'For You,' Andrew Tate, and the Attention Economy are Jeopardizing User Autonomy Online
(2023-08-25)In the following thesis, I argue that passively scrolling through TikTok significantly interferes with an agent’s capacity to claim autonomous endorsement of repudiatory socio-political values consumed on their “For You ...