Vindication of Rights
Vindication of Rights
By Roula-Maria Dib
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"A Vindication of Rights" articulates the persistence of stereotypical gender roles, emphasizing their exploitation within institutional settings, especially when women seek employment. Despite their skills and experience, women often encounter biases that position them as inferior or as secondary contributors, reduced to complementary roles for generating income.
The poem underscores the prevalent notion that women are pressured to accept a natural gender pay gap.
Concluding on a hopeful note, the poem envisions a brighter future for women, hinting at the potential for positive change and the dismantling of entrenched gender biases.
About Roula-Maria Dib
Roula-Maria Dib, PhD, FRSA is an award-winning scholar, poet, and editor whose work bridges literature, creative writing, Jungian psychology, and arts-based research. She is the founding director of the London Arts-Based Research Centre and Editor-in-Chief of Indelible, a literary and arts journal that fosters cross-disciplinary creative expression. Awarded the UK Global Talent Visa and endorsed by the British Academy, Roula has been recognized for her contributions to academia and the creative arts. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and in 2022, she received the British Council’s Alumni Award for Culture and Creativity while she was an associate professor at the American University in Dubai. Her academic and creative work explores the deep connections between Jungian and literary theory, poetic inquiry, mythology, and transdisciplinary scholarship. Her book Jungian Metaphor in Modernist Literature (Routledge, 2020) was shortlisted for the International Association for Jungian Studies Book Awards, and her poetry collection Simply Being (Chiron Publications, 2021) has received critical acclaim. She is also a contributor to Patricia Leavy’s renowned Handbook of Arts-Based Research. Roula is an active curator of global academic and creative activities, having organized over 100 conferences and events. Through her Psychreative speaker series and international workshops, she continues to inspire dialogue between the humanities, the arts, and inner life.