Date of Award
2025
Document Type
Undergraduate Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Department
Political Science & International Relations
Advisor
Dr. Karen Shelby
Abstract
Women have dealt with being perceived as inferior to men, defective, and in need of control. My research draws a connection between the ways societal beliefs, judicial action and political action interact with each other to reinforce and reproduce these limiting beliefs about women. The interaction between these institutions result in underlying policies that target women's rights, silencing their voices and sense of independence, all while aiming to control the female body completely. Despite the perception that modern society has moved away from the sexist beliefs that had been created and ingrained into society centuries ago, we are left with social practices and policies that reflect and reinforce women as the lesser. Now, society is responsible for grappling with the question of where these ideas about women and their bodies stem from and how they have and still are influencing policy that impacts women at all phases in their lives.
Digital USD Citation
Herzog, Claire G., "A Woman’s World Through the Lens of Socialized Politics: How Accurate Knowledge Politically and Socially Empowers A Woman’s Autonomy" (2025). Undergraduate Honors Theses. 140.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/honors_theses/140
Copyright
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