Friday 21 May 2010

Feminism


Feminism The term “feminism” usually refers in its most general sense to political activism by woman on behalf of women. Feminist may have become familiar with the term through the French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir’s use of it in The Second Sex. However beyond the general description of defending the cause of women, the meaning of feminism has never been historically fixed. Meaning of feminism have shifted across time and space and have often been the subject of intense debate, both by those who have used the term proudly and by those who question its usefulness. Feminism involves the implicit claim that the prevailing conditions under which women live are unjust and must be changed. Historical agents, e.g. women in their theory support arguments to their particular demands for change and so improving women’s lives. This makes me wonder, if the feminism theories will apply to Muslim women one day and they perception to those acts for their future in Islamic environment. And how about rights of westerner women, marrying Muslim husbands ending up obeying their rules against their will once they visit their husband’s home country? Should not we develop a new theory which would protect the women in multicultural marriage?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYEwId_5Cho

Talking about feminism I have to mention Julia Kristeva, who has been an important figure in discussions surrounding feminism for the past two decades, her theories have been used to opposite ends by various theorists. Kristva’s theory suggest cause of possible solutions to women’s in Western culture and setting up the framework for feminist rethinking of politics end ethics.


Gloria Watkins(2000) , Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center,2nd edn., Cambridge: South

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