Women's Studies 1020E Lecture 3: Global feminism

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 1020E
• Professor: Kim Verwaayen

Document Summary

Problem: feminism is supposed to represent women to give women voice . Question: why is there so much dissent from women around the world who say feminism doesn"t represent who they are. Answer: the way many western feminists have seen , understood, and written about non- western women (third-world women) Critiques production of third world woman as singular monolithic subject. Acknowledges the west is not homogenous category, is diverse. Western feminism sees third world woman in limiting way. Mohanty distinguish between idea/construct and real material women who exist in world. Discourse:medium in which power operates (rules, norms, ideas, language) Have come to be understood in terms of politics of domination. Colonialism involves subjugation of one people to another and is often made synonymous with imperialism. Forced sterilization of native women (1970s), without knowledge. Elected bands become responsible a minister of indian affairs. 12 (1)b patrilineal and patrilocal: enshrines gender inequality into law.