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    Feminist criticism analyzes literature through a feminist lens by critiquing language and promoting equal rights and opportunities for women. Some pros of feminist criticism include strengthening human rights, reducing gender discrimination, and increasing freedom, confidence, and quality of life for women. However, some cons are that it could lead to advantages for women at the expense of men, increase frustration among men, or not make sense from a historical perspective. The short story "Dead Stars" by Paz Marquez Benitez follows a man named Alfredo Salazar and his pursuit of true love through relationships with two women.

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    Feminist criticism analyzes literature through a feminist lens by critiquing language and promoting equal rights and opportunities for women. Some pros of feminist criticism include strengthening human rights, reducing gender discrimination, and increasing freedom, confidence, and quality of life for women. However, some cons are that it could lead to advantages for women at the expense of men, increase frustration among men, or not make sense from a historical perspective. The short story "Dead Stars" by Paz Marquez Benitez follows a man named Alfredo Salazar and his pursuit of true love through relationships with two women.

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    Feminist

    Criticism
    Bisal,
    Bisal, Eustaquio,
    Eustaquio, Abdurasa
    Abdurasa
    01
    Introduction

    ..
    Feminism
    Feminism is the ideology that believes in the
    equal rights and opportunities for women in
    education, employment and in the cultural and
    social life.
    Feminist Criticism

    Feminist literary criticism is literary


    criticism informed by feminist theory, or
    more broadly, by the politics of feminism. It
    uses the principles and ideology of feminism
    to critique the language of literature.
    Feminist Criticism Pros

    Pros Pros
    ● Feminism may strengthen human
    ● Freedom to vote is encouraged
    rights
    ● ● May help to break male hierarchies
    Less gender discrimination
    ● ● Higher quality of life for women
    Gender quotas
    ● ● Confidence among women may increase
    Better access to education

    Pros Pros
    ● Higher level of freedom ● Better chance for a leading corporate
    ● Better overall treatment of women career for women
    ● Higher wages for women ● May lead to a more tolerant society
    ● May make leaving an unhappy marriage ● Healthy mix between men and women
    easier may also help companies
    Feminist Criticism Cons

    Cons Cons
    ● May lead to excessive advantages of ● Men and women are born with
    women different characteristics
    ● Feminism may discriminate men ● Women get a certain attitude
    ● Women may be preferred in case of ● Bureaucratic work
    divorce
    Cons
    Cons ● Even some women think feminism is
    ● Feminists may take it too far unnecessary
    ● Frustration among men may increase ● May not make sense from a historical
    ● Women may not be accepted in certain perspective
    positions ● Long-term effects still rather
    unclear
    Dead Stars by Paz
    Marquez Benitez
    The short story revolves around one
    man, Alfredo Salazar and the affairs
    of his heart. He is a man who
    believes in true love and hopes to
    find bliss in its wake. The first
    woman he falls in love with is
    Esperanza. Their families are
    acquainted with each other and they
    thus they begin a passionate
    relationship.
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