The following pages are about feminism and politics. The aim is to study the feministic course of action of the Swedish government, and to find the one out of three, for this paper most relevant feministic orientations, that pervades the politics. My study is based on a qualitative text analytical method, with the ideal type as an analytic tool, which include typological distinctions of liberal-, radical-, and social feminism. The result of my study shows that the prevailing orientation, is the radical feminist, here recognized by political proposals that involve changes (for the better) in attitude towards women, in all level of society.

In this essay we will be discussing how middle aged women have reflected upon their sexuality in relation to their age, plastic surgeries and the various beauty norms that are prevalent in our society today. We have done this through six different interviews with women within the age group 45-60. Sexuality, in this essay's meaning, is defined as the way a person dresses, talks about, acts upon and presents themselves in an attractive manner. Further we will be analyzing and discussing the interviewees answers with the help of various different theories: liberal- and socialistic feminism, erotic capital, respectability and ageism. What we have found is that although one might think that age and aging might make a woman feel insecure about the way she looks, the women we’ve interviewed have shown quite the opposite. Also, the interviewees have displayed a concern about a kind of ‘youth norm’ that has affected the way society treats and sees them. Age and aging have furthermore brought upon a new form of confidence for most of the interviewees, which differs from other found studies that have been done on middle-aged womens thoughts about aging.

This essay shows how Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) functions as a critique of patriarchal society as it depicts a dystopic, dismantled society where women are divided into societal groups on biological grounds. Based on socialist feminist literary theory, an analysis is carried out of two of the female characters, Offred and Serena Joy, who are both oppressed by a patriarchal, totalitarian government; an oppression that is manifested in different ways. Offred is used as a tool to provide children and Serena Joy is confined within the home. The focus of the analysis is on the oppression of these two characters by the patriarchal government through the removal of their rights due to their gender. Red and blue, the two colors used to mark their different societal groups, are analyzed to show how they affect the reader’s perception of these characters and how the novel demonstrates the division of women visually. / Denna uppsats visar hur Margaret Atwoods roman Tjänarinnans berättelse (1985) fungerar som en kritik mot ett patriarkalt samhälle. Denna kritik tar sig uttryck genom en dystopisk skildring av ett samhälle där kvinnor delas in i sociala grupper baserat på deras biologiska förutsättningar. Med utgångspunkt i socialistisk feministisk litteraturteori görs en karaktärsanalys av två av de kvinnliga karaktärerna, Offred och Serena Joy. De är båda förtryckta av det patriarkala, totalitära styret, ett förtryck som tar sig uttryck på olika sätt. Offred används som ett verktyg för att öka barnafödandet och Serena Joy är isolerad i hemmet. Analysen fokuserar på förtryckandet av de två karaktärerna baserat på borttagandet av deras tidigare rättigheter på grund av deras kön. Röd och blå, två färger som används för att markera deras sociala grupp, analyseras för att påvisa hur de påverkar läsarens uppfattning av karaktärerna och hur romanen rent visuellt kategoriserar kvinnor i olika grupper.