WOMENST 1A03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Bell Hooks
21 Apr 2017
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The world is governed by domination: there is a belief in a notion of superior and inferior and the idea that the superior should rule over the inferior. Contemporary feminist thinkers often cite sexual politics as the origin of this crisis. This assumption has fostered the notion that elimination of sexist oppression would lead to the eradication of all forms of domination. This argument has led western white women to feel as though that feminist movement should be the central political agenda for females globally. This enables privileged white women to suggest that racism and class exploitation are merely the offspring of patriarchy women: dominated and dominators. Just like men, women can and do participate in politics of domination, as perpetrators and victims. While dependence doesn"t necessarily lead to domination, it lends itself to the enactment of a social drama wherein domination could easily occur as a means of exercising and maintaining control.
